Tarek
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Also spelled "Tariq".
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From Arabic root meaning path or way. As a name, it has multiple meanings of "trailblazer" and "morning star."
At-Tariq is a verse in the Koran that reads, in part:
"
By the heavens and the night visitor
And what will tell you what the night-visitor is?
(It is) the Star of piercing brightness;-
There is no soul but has a protector over it.
"
Pronounced: TAIHR-eck- Famous real-life people named Tarek: | Edit
Tariq Ramadan - writer and contemporary scholar on religion, culture, and politics
Tariq ibn-Ziyad - the island of Gibraltar ("Jabal Tariq" or "Tariq's mountain" in Arabic) was named after this Berber general.
Tarek H. Ahmed - writer of Reservior engineering books and papers
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Tarek Khalil a fictional character played by Haaz Sleiman, in the movie "The Visitor."
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- #437 in Canada (Quebec)
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