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In [[Arabic name|Arabic onomastics]] (''[[Nisba (onomastics)|nisbah]]''), '''Al-Badawi''' ({{lang|ar|البدوي}}) or simply '''Badawi''' ({{lang|ar|بدوي}}) denotes a relationship to or from [[Bedouin]] areas (and may consequently imply 'rustic'). It is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
*[[Ahmad al-Badawi]], a [[saint in Islam]]
*[[Al-Baydawi]], philosopher and mufassir
*[[Jamal al-Bedawi]], also written Jamal al-Badawi, a contemporary Yemeni accused and convicted of planning the USS Cole Bombing
*[[Jamal Badawi]], Egyptian-born Canadian professor and author
*[[Abdel Hamid Badawi]], Egyptian jurist and Foreign Minister
*[[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]], Malaysia's fifth prime minister
*[[Abdel Rahman Badawi]], Egyptian existentialist philosopher
*[[El-Sayyid el-Badawi]], Egyptian businessman and the President of Al-Wafd Party
*[[Fares Badawi]], Palestinian judoka
*[[Helmy Bahgat Badawi]], first chairman of the Suez Canal Authority
*[[Mohamed Badawi]], Sudanese linguist and publisher, singer and composer
*[[Mohsen Badawi]], Egyptian entrepreneur, political activist, and writer
*[[Nadia Badawi]], Egyptian-born Australian medical researcher, specialising in cerebral palsy
*[[Raif Badawi]], Saudi Arabian blogger and prisoner of conscience
*[[Samar Badawi]], Saudi Arabian human rights activist
*[[Zaki Badawi]], Muslim scholar
*[[Zeinab Badawi]], British newsreader and broadcaster
'''Given name:'''
*[[Badawi al-Jabal]], a Syrian poet
Prof Lutfullah Badawi Writer, Poet, based in Pakistan 

'''Other:'''
*Stage name of Israeli composer [[Raz Mesinai]]

==See also==
*[[Al-Badawi]]
*[[Bedouin]]

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[[Category:Arabic-language surnames]]
[[Category:Bedouins]]