Famous People with Name Asghar

Asghar Ali            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Asghar Ali: is a United Arab Emirates cricketer. He played two One Day Internationals for them in 1994.

Asghar Ali Engineer            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Asghar Ali Engineer: a Indian Muslim and a Islamic scholar, reformist-writer and activist. Internationally he is known for his work on liberation theology in Islam, the leader of the Progressive Dawoodi Bohra movement, and his work on (and action against) communalism and communal and ethnic violence in India and South East Asia. He is an advocate of a culture of peace, non-violence and communal harmony, and has lectured all over world [1]. He is presently head of 'Institute of Islamic Studies' and 'Centre for Study of Society and Secularism', both of which he founded in 1980 and 1993 respectively [2][3].

Asghar Parsa            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Asghar Parsa: was a member of Iran's National Front. After graduating from Tehran University's School of Law, he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was elected to Majlis from Khoy in 1951. He sided with Dr. Mossadeq and was arrested after the coup of 19 August 1953.

Asghar Farhadi            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Asghar Farhadi: an Iranian screenwriter and film director.Asghar Farhadi is a graduate of Theatre, with a BA in Dramatic Arts and MA in Stage Direction from Tehran University and Tarbiat Modarres University. Farhadi made short 8mm and 16mm films in Isfahan branch of Iranian Young Cinema Society before moving on to writing plays and screenplays for IRIB. He also directed such TV series as the popular A Tale of a City and co-wrote the screenplay of Ebrahim Hatamikia’s Low Heights. Dancing in the Dust was his feature film debut,[1] which he followed with the critically acclaimed A Beautiful City. His fourth film, Fireworks Wednesday won the Gold Hugo at the 2006 Chicago International Film Festival. His latest film, About Elly won the Silver Bear for best director at 59th International Berlin Film Festival. it is about a group of Iranians who take a trip to the Caspian Sea that turns tragic.

Asghar Ebrahimi Farbod Kamachali            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Asghar Ebrahimi Farbod Kamachali: is an Iranian weightlifter.

Hadi Asghari            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Hadi Asghari: an Iranian football striker who currently plays for Sepahan F.C. in the Iran Pro League.