Kamkar

Kamkar (Persian and Arabian: کامکار ) is a Persian surname. It consists of two binding words Kam, translated to "success" or "luck" and Kar, translated to "work" or "business". The meaning of the surname Kamkar is "Successful" but could also be interpreted to "Successful in his/her actions or career".^[1]

The surname may refer to:

• Kamkar Companies A diversified holding company headquartered in New York City^[2]
• The Kamkars Leading musical ensembles in Iran^[3]
• Mohammad Kamkar First Iranian Nuclear Medicine physician, specialized in Internal medicine, Cardiology and Nuclear Medicine from top American Universities and Shiraz University, Shiraz^[4]
• Samy Kamkar created the fastest spreading viruses of all time^[5]
• Mariam Kamkar Professor in Software Engineering and Head of the Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, Sweden^[6]

Abdulhussain Kamkar is the first Doctor in the United Arab Emirates which helped most of the Sheikhs such as Sheikh Zayed, his son Abduladheem Kamkar is the first physiotherapist in the United Arab Emirates.

References

1. http://www.dictionary-farsi.com/
2. http://www.kamkar.com
3. The Kamkars
4. List of contemporary Iranian scientists, scholars, and engineers
5. http://net-security.org/dl/articles/WHXSSThreats.pdf
6. Mariam Kamkar