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Hamawi

Ḥamawī ( ) or (al-Hamawi, al-Hammawi) is an Arabic name and surname from the Arabic root (ḥamā ح م ى) meaning protection or defense (to protect, to guard), for example: حمى الوطن = “He protected the homeland”, indicating bravery and selflessness. It can also refer to father-in-law in Modern Standard Arabic, also (حماي ḥamāi). “Al-ḥamma / Al-ḥammah (الحمّة)” also means natural hot springs, and is used for several places to indicate protection, like: Hamma (District), Algeria. Hama (Sohag), Egypt. Hamma, Tunisia. Hama, Syria. Notable people with the name and surname include: * Amin Al-Hamawi (born 2003), Iraqi footballer * Hamma Hammami (born 1952), Tunisian politician * Sa'd al-Din al-Hamawi (1190–1252), Persian Sufi writer * Mohamad Al Hamawi (born 1984), Syrian footballer * Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179–1229), Muslim scholar of European Byzantine ancestry in the late Abbasid period The surname is of Jewish Sephardic origin in modern-day Spain and Portugal before the inquisition of 1492. https://jewishgen.org/databases/sephardic/SephardimComNames.html

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Ḥamawī ( ) or (al-Hamawi, al-Hammawi) is an Arabic name and surname from the Arabic root (ḥamā ح م ى) meaning protection or defense (to protect, to guard), for example: حمى الوطن = “He protected the homeland”, indicating bravery and selflessness. It can also refer to father-in-law in Modern Standard Arabic, also (حماي ḥamāi). “Al-ḥamma / Al-ḥammah (الحمّة)” also means natural hot springs, and is used for several places to indicate protection, like: Hamma (District), Algeria. Hama (Sohag), Egypt. Hamma, Tunisia. Hama, Syria. Notable people with the name and surname include: * Amin Al-Hamawi (born 2003), Iraqi footballer * Hamma Hammami (born 1952), Tunisian politician * Sa'd al-Din al-Hamawi (1190–1252), Persian Sufi writer * Mohamad Al Hamawi (born 1984), Syrian footballer * Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179–1229), Muslim scholar of European Byzantine ancestry in the late Abbasid period The surname is of Jewish Sephardic origin in modern-day Spain and Portugal before the inquisition of 1492. https://jewishgen.org/databases/sephardic/SephardimComNames.html

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  1. date of birth: 2003 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "2003". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365373226

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