Jamal

Or Ja·maal

[juh-mahl]

noun

1. a male given name: from an Arabic word meaning “beauty.”

Example Sentences

A 2019 UN report stated "the state of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is responsible" for the death of Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist who was critical of the country's government.

From BBC

Human Rights Watch noted in its Tuesday release that the festival is scheduled to take place during the seventh anniversary of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents and just months after Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser was sentenced to death “apparently for his public speech,” as the nonprofit wrote in its release.

From Los Angeles Times

“Now there’s a lot of drips, killjoys and dweebazoids who are saying, ‘Oh, they shouldn’t do comedy over there because it’s whitewashing a regime that just in June killed a journalist and killed Jamal Khashoggi and played a big role in 9/11,’” Woods said.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s a betrayal of trust from law enforcement ... who do you call when it’s the police who are the problem?” asked her attorney, Jamal Tooson.

From Los Angeles Times

Those records dealt with weighty topics - the death of his friend Jamal Edwards, and his wife Cherry's diagnosis and recovery from cancer.

From BBC