Mahmuna () is a female

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name. Variant spellings in English include: Maimoonah, Maymoonah, Maymuna(h), Maimouna and Mehmoona. Its meaning is 'auspicious, blessed'.

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Maymuna Abu Bakr Maymuna Abu Bakr (born 1948) is a Yemeni poet, songwriter and television director, the first Yemeni woman to publish a poetry collection in southern Yemen South Yemen ( ar, اليمن الجنوبي, al-Yaman al-Janubiyy), officially the P ...

, Yemeni poet, songwriter, and television director *Maïmouna

Hélène Diarra Maïmouna Hélène Diarra, also Helena Diarra (1955 – June 10, 2021) was a Malian actress known for playing the roles of older women from her young age. She is the CEO of the International Fund for the Development of Active Retirement (FIDRA). ...

, Malian actress *

Maimouna Diarra Maimouna Diarra (born 30 January 1991) is a Senegalese basketball player for Club Deportivo Promete of La Liga Feminina. She represented Senegal in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos ...

, Senegalese basketball player *

Maïmouna Doucouré Maïmouna Doucouré (; born 1985) is a French filmmaker. She made her feature film directorial debut with '' Cuties'' in 2020 and became a controversial figure globally after the film's international release on Netflix. On 8 March 2019 coinciding ...

, French film director * Maïmouna Guerresi, Italian artist *

Maïmouna Gueye Maïmouna Gueye Fall, is a Franco–Sénégalese actress. She is best known for her roles in the films '' The Climb'', ''Payoff, Cuties,'' ''Bacon on the Side''. Personal life After the marriage with a French man, she went France in 1998. Howeve ...

, Franco-Senegalese actress *

Maymunah bint al-Harith Maymunah bint al-Harith al-Hilaliyyah ( ar, مَيْمُونَة ٱبْنَت ٱلْحَارِث ٱلْهِلَالِيَّة, Maymūnah ibnat al-Ḥārith al-Hilālīyah; ), was a twelfth wife of Muhammad. Her original name was Barrah ( ar, بَ ...

, wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad *

Maymunah Kadiri Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri is a Nigerian mental health advocate, Psychiatrist and psychotherapist. She advocates for mental health speaking at events, television shows and as a columnist at the Guardian Newspapers. She produced Little Drops Of Happy i ...

, Nigerian mental health advocate *

Maïmouna Kane Maïmouna Kane (13 March 1937 − 1 March 2019) was a Senegalese jurist and politician. Biography Kane was born in Dakar. She was a judge at the Supreme Court of Senegal, and member of the government under president Abdou Diouf. On 15 March, ...

, Senegalese jurist and politician *

Maimouna N'Diaye Maimouna N'Diaye is a Franco-Burkinabe actress. She is best known for her leading role in the film '' Eye of the Storm'' (2015), for which she received critical acclaim. In 2019, N'Diaye was appointed as a jury member of the main competition in ...

, French actress * Maïmouna Sourang Ndir, Senegalese politician *

Maïmouna Ndoye Seck Maïmouna Ndoye Seck (born 1962 in Dakar) is a Senegalese politician. An alumnus of the Ecole Polytechnique of Thiès, she was the Minister of Energy from 2013 to 2015 and the Minister of Tourism and Air Transport from 2015 to 2017, before she be ...

, Senegalese politician *

Maïmouna Togola Maïmouna Togola (born 7 January 1991) is a Malian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadia ...

, Malian footballer *

Maimouna Traoré Maimouna Traoré (born 1 January 1998) is a Malian international footballer who plays as a forward for the Mali women's national football team. She competed for Mali at the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (num ...

, Malian footballer *

Maimouna Youssef Maimouna Youssef is an American singer, songwriter, and rapper. She is of Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee and African American heritage. She performs music under the stage name Mumu Fresh. Musical career Youssef earned a Grammy nomination for her vocal ...

, American singer, songwriter, and rapper

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