Najim is an
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given name and a surname meaning "
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It may refer to:
People
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Najim (singer)
Najim Amari, better known by the mononym Najim () also known as Cheb Najim () (born 18 January 1985, Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine) is an Algerian raï singer.
Biography
Najim was born in France to an Algerian father and a French mother. Upon his ...
, Algerian singer
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Najim Arshad
Najim Arshad (born 8 June 1986) is a state award-winning Indian playback singer and music director, sung more than 500 songs in the Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi film industries. In 2007, he won the reality show ''Idea Star Singer''. He ...
(born 1986), Indian singer
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Najim Haddouchi
Najim Haddouchi (born 9 June 1997) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for GVV Unitas. He is of Moroccan descent.
Club career
Najim Haddouchi made his professional football debut for FC Den Bosch on 12 August 2016, in the 2-1 home ...
(born 1997), Dutch footballer
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Najim Haidary (born 1999), Afghan footballer
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Najim Abdullah al-Jubouri
Najim Abdullah al-Jubouri (; born 28 October 1956) is an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the Governor of the Nineveh Province
Nineveh Governorate (; , ) is a governorate in northern Iraq. It has an area of and an estimate ...
, Iraqi Major General and governor
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Najim Laachraoui
Najm al-'Ashrāwī (, 18 May 1991 – 22 March 2016), also known as Abū Idrīs al-Baljīkī or Soufiane Kayal, was a Belgian-Moroccan terrorist and Islamic State militant who was one of two suicide bombers at Brussels Airport in the 2016 ...
(1991–2016), Belgian-Moroccan terrorist
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Najim al-Radwan (born 1972), Saudi Arabian weightlifter
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Najim Abdallah Zahwen Al Ujayli, Iraqi general
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Daham Najim Bashir
Daham Najim Bashir (; born David Nyaga on 8 November 1979) is a Kenyan-born middle-distance runner now representing Qatar.
At the 2005 Bislett Games he set a new Asian record over one mile with 3:47.97 minutes. In 2006 he won a silver medal in ...
(born 1979), Qatari athlete
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Mohanad Najim Aleqabi (born 1979), Iraqi journalist
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Abderahim Najim (born 1954), Moroccan Olympic boxer
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Ali Najim (born 1989), Kuwaiti radio personality
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Daham Najim Bashir
Daham Najim Bashir (; born David Nyaga on 8 November 1979) is a Kenyan-born middle-distance runner now representing Qatar.
At the 2005 Bislett Games he set a new Asian record over one mile with 3:47.97 minutes. In 2006 he won a silver medal in ...
(born 1979), Kenyan-born Qatari runner
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Haidar Najim
Haidar Najim Abdullah (; born 1 July 1967) is a former Iraqi football forward who played for Iraq in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification and 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification. He played for the national team between 1997 and 2001.
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(born 1967), Iraqi footballer
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M. M. M. Najim, a Vice Chancellor of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka
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Mohammed Najim, Iraqi footballer
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Samir Abdul Aziz al-Najim (born c. 1937), Iraqi politician
See also
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Najim Jihad Najim Jihad (نجم الجهاد; also ''Nazim Jihad'', ''Abu Mahajin'', ''Najim al Jihad complex''
) is a housing compound outside Jalalabad, Afghanistan, which is the former home of Osama bin Laden and approximately 250 followers.
With internal ...
, housing compound
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Najm
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Njeim
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Najima (disambiguation)
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