Qandil

Qandil also written as Qandeel and Kandil is a surname. It may refer to

Places

• Kandal, West Azerbaijan, also known as Ja”farābād and Kandil, a village in Qarah Quyun-e Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Showt County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
• Qandil, Iran, a village in Somghan Rural District, Chenar Shahijan District, Kazerun County, Fars Province, Iran
• Qandil Mountains, a mountainous area of Iraqi Kurdistan near the Iraq-Iran border
• Dasht-e Qandil, a village in Bakesh-e Yek Rural District, in the Central District of Mamasani County, Fars Province, Iran

People

Given name

• Qandeel Baloch, Pakistani model, actress, and social media celebrity

Surname

• Ahmed Kandil, Egyptian swimmer
• Ali Kandil, Egyptian football referee
• Fouad Qandil (1944–2015), Egyptian novelist
• Hamdi Qandil (born 1936), Egyptian journalist, news anchor, talk show host and activist
• Hesham Qandil (born 1962), Egyptian engineer, civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Egypt from 2012 to 2013
  • Qandil Cabinet, Egyptian government cabinet
• Mohamed Mansi Qandil (born 1946), Egyptian novelist and author
• Nasser Qandil, Lebanese politician and member of Parliament
• Yasmine Kandil, Egyptian-Canadian professor of applied drama

Others

• Kandeel, a lantern with a wooden framework and covered in coloured matte or glossy papers. These lanterns are generally hung in front of homes during the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali
• Kandil (from Latin: candēla, "a candle") is one of the five Islamic holy nights when the minarets are illuminated and special prayers are made: Mevlit, Regaip, Miraç, Berat, Kadir.
• Kandil simidi, a traditional Turkish simit pastry