title: As-Suwaidi
text: # 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
  