Najma (Arabic: نجمة) or Al-Najma may refer to:
Women with the given name
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Najma Akhtar (academic)
Najma Akhtar (born 1953) is an Indian academic and academic administrator. She served as the Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia from 12 April 2019 until 12 November 2023. She is also the first woman to hold the post in JMI. In 2022, she was ...
(born 1953), Indian academic and academic administrator
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Najma Begum
Najma Begum (; born 4 February 1967) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from May 2013 to May 2018.
Early life and education
She was born on 4 February 1967 in Dera Ghazi Khan, and completed her g ...
(born 1967), Pakistani politician member of the National Assembly of the Punjab
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Najma Chowdhury (1942–2021), Bangladesh academic
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Najma Hameed
Najma Hameed (; 18March 19442December 2022) was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of Senate of Pakistan from 2009 to 2021, representing Pakistan Muslim League (N).
Political career
Hameed was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a ca ...
, Pakistani politician, member of Senate of Pakistan
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Najma Heptulla
Najma Akbar Ali Heptulla (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian politician. She was the Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia from 2017 to 2023, until Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin was elected as new Chancellor on 14 March 2023. She was a six time member o ...
(born 1940), Indian politician, Governor if Manipur
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Najma Idrees (born 1952), Kuwaiti poet, writer and academic
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Najma Kousri, Tunisian lawyer, journalist, feminist, LGBT activist
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Najma Parveen
Najma Parveen (born 20 December 1990) is a Pakistani sprinter. She represented Pakistan at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first female athlete to represent the country in two Olympics. As of July 2021, she is the national reco ...
(born 1990), Pakistani sprinter
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Najma Mehboob
Najma Mehboob (1949 – 6 December 1983) was a Pakistani film and TV actress. She mostly played characters and mother roles in dramas and films both in Urdu and Punjabi language, Punjabi languages.
Early life
Najma was born in 1949 in Rawal ...
(1949–1983), Pakistani actress
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Najma (actress)
Najma is a former Pakistani film actress. She appeared in more than 100 Urdu and Punjabi movies during the 1970s and 1980s. Her notable movies include '' Zeenat'' (1975), '' Toofan'' (1976), '' Sargent'' (1977), '' Shola'' (1978), ''Wehshi Guj ...
, Pakistani film actress
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Mehtab (actress)
Mehtab (1913–1997) was an Indian actress of Hindi-Urdu films who worked from 1928 to 1969.
Early life
She was born in Sachin, Gujarat, to a Muslim family and named Najma. Her father, Nawab Sidi Ibrahim Mohammad Yakut Khan III, was the Nawab ...
, born Najma, Indian actress
Places
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Najma (Doha)
Najma () is a Qatari district located in the municipality of Doha. Considered to be one of Doha's older districts, the bulk of Najma's commercial and office spaces are located along the arterial roads of Airport Street, C Ring Road and B Ring Roa ...
, a district in Qatar
Arts and entertainment
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''Najma'' (1943 film), an Indian film
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''Najma'' (1983 film), a Bangladeshi film
Sports
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Al-Nejmeh (disambiguation) Al-Nejmeh (), Arabic for "the Star", may refer to:
*Nejmeh SC, a Lebanese football club
*Al-Najma SC (Bahrain), a Bahraini multi-sports club
* Al-Najma SC (Iraq), an Iraqi football club
*Al-Najma SC (Saudi Arabia), a Saudi Arabian football club
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, number of sports clubs
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Nejmeh SC
Nejmeh Sporting Club () is a Association football, football club based in Manara, a neighbourhood in Ras Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the .
The club was established in Beirut in 1945, and received its license in 1947. Nejmeh have ...
, a Lebanese football club
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Al-Najma SC (Bahrain)
Al-Najma SC () is a Bahraini professional multi-sports club based in Manama. Incorporated in 1946, the club has departments of football, handball, volleyball and basketball. The club's football section competes in the Bahraini Premier Leagu ...
, a Bahraini multi-sports club
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Al-Najma SC (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Najma Sport Club () is a Saudi Arabian football team based in Unaizah that is currently playing in the Saudi First Division League, the team plays in white and black color and green colours.
Al-Najma has a fierce rivalry with local club Al ...
, a Saudi Arabian football club
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Annajma SC
Annajma () is a Libyan football club based in Benghazi
Benghazi () () is the List of cities in Libya, second-most-populous city in Libya as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 859,000 in 2023. Located on th ...
, a Libyan football club
See also
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Najm
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Najima (disambiguation)
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