Kaddouri
family name

Kaddouri (Arabic: خضوري, derived from "green", akhdar in Arabic; Hebrew: כדורי (transliterated; does not mean green in Hebrew); Judeo-Arabic: כׄצׄורי) and many other transliterations, is an Arabic surname. People with the surname include:
Badr El Kaddouri (born 1981), Moroccan footballer
Elie Kedourie (1926–1992), British historian
Majid Khadduri (1909–2007), Iraqi academic
Omar El Kaddouri (born 1990), Belgian footballer
Sylvia Kedourie (1925–2016), British historian
Others
Kadoorie family, Jewish family originally from Baghdad, then Bombay, Shanghai, and finally Hong Kong
Ellis Kadoorie (1865–1922), philanthropist and businessman
Kadoorie Agricultural High School and youth village in Israel, founded by Sir Ellis Kadoorie
Palestine Technical University - Kadoorie, the Arab twin institution of the Jewish Kadoorie Agricultural School
Elly Kadoorie (1867–1944), philanthropist and businessman
Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie (1899–1993), industrialist, hotelier
Horace Kadoorie (1902–1995), industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, a farm and bontanic garden in Hong Kong established by Lawrence and Horace Kadoorie.
Michael Kadoorie (b.
“Kaddouri” enters the record as family name. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kaddouri, family and name can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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