Samih is an Arabic masculine given name and a surname. The feminine form of the given name is

Samiha Samiha ( or سامحة ; ) is an Arabic feminine given name, the feminine form of Samih or Sameh.Samiha
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. Notable people with the name Samih include:

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Samih Darwazah Samih Darwazah (, 1930 – 15 May 2015) was the founder of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Jordan's largest pharmaceutical business, the Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources from 1995 to 1996, and later a senator in the Jordanian parliament. ...

(1930–2015), Jordanian politician and the founder of Hikma Pharmaceuticals *

Samih Farsoun Samih K. Farsoun () (1937 – June 9, 2005) was a professor emeritus of sociology at American University, where he taught for thirty years until his retirement in 2003. Biography Farsoun was born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine, in 1937. The family ...

(1937–2005), American scholar of Palestinian origin * Samih Al Ghabbas (born 1974), Egyptian physician and writer * Samih Abdel Fattah Iskandar, International Commissioner of the Jordanian Association for Boy Scouts and Girl Guides * Samih Madhoun (died 2007), senior leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, an armed group affiliated with the Palestinian political party Fatah *

Samih al-Qasim Samīħ al-Qāsim al Kaissy (; ; 1939 – August 19, 2014) was a Palestinian poet with Israeli citizenship whose work is well known throughout the Arab world. He was born in Transjordan and later lived in Mandatory Palestine and Israel. Befor ...

(1939–2014), Palestinian Druze poet with Israeli citizenship *

Samih Sawiris Samih Onsi Sawiris (, ; born 28 January 1957) is an Egyptian- Montenegrin businessman, investor and billionaire and the second of three sons of Onsi Sawiris, the other two being Naguib Sawiris and Nassef Sawiris. He is the former executive chai ...

(born 1957), Egyptian-Montenegrin businessman and billionaire *

Samih Yalnızgil Samih Yalnızgil, also known as Samih Rıfat (1875 – 1932) was a Turkish linguist and politician, who was one of the founders of the Turkish Language Association The Turkish Language Association (, TDK) is the List of language regulators, r ...

(1875–1932), Turkish linguist and politician

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* Hassan Samih Chaitou (born 1991), Lebanese footballer

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Basel Samih Basel Samih Zaidan (born 17 June 1981) is a Qatari footballer who is a goalkeeper. Samih played for Umm Salal in the 2007 AFC Champions League. He also appeared for Qatar in an unofficial match at the 2002 West Asian Games. Club career statist ...

(born 1981), Qatari football player *

Naima Samih Naima Samih (; 1953 – 8 March 2025) was a Moroccan singer. She is considered one of the most important voices in Moroccan music in the second half of the twentieth century. Her singing career began in the 1970s, and her songs gained wide popu ...

(1953–2025), Moroccan artist

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