As-Suwaidi
# As-Suwaidi

As-Suwaidi (as-Suwaydi, al-Suwaidi, etc.; السويدي) is an Arabic nisbat derived from suwayd (an Arabic name derived from a root s-w-d "black", or from the Arabic name of Sweden).

## People

* As-Suwaydi (physician), a medieval physician (d. 1292)
* Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (1892-1968), Iraqi politician
* Naji al-Suwaidi (1882 – 1942), Iraqi politician
* Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (born 1984), a Qatari athlete
* a nisba referencing the Syrian As-Suwayda Governorate
* a nisba meaning "from Sweden" used as nom de guerre (kunya) by a number of Islamic terrorists from or based in Sweden, see Islam in Sweden

## Places

* As-Suwaidi (Riyadh), a district of Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia.
* Bayt As Suwaydi, Yemen
