al-Zawahiri (, aẓ-Ẓawāhirī) is an Arabic surname or nisbah derived from name of the town of Zawahir, Saudi Arabia. The definite article "al-" is sometimes omitted. Alternate spellings include Dhawahiri, Dhawahri, and Zawahri. List of people with the surname Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951-2022), Egyptian al-Qaeda leader Hussein al-Zawahiri, Egyptian terror suspect captured and handed over to Egypt, younger brother of Ayman al-Zawahiri Muhammad al-Zawahiri (born 1953), terror suspect living in Egypt, Ayman al-Zawahiri's younger brother John Zawahri, the perpetrator of the 2013 Santa Monica shooting See also Al-Zahrawi 10th century Arab Andalusian surgeon, physician, chemist, Latinized as Abulcasis References Arabic-language surnames Toponymic surnames Nisbas People from Mecca Province