Shamima is a feminine Arabic given name derived from ar, ثميمه meaning "sweet smell".{{cite book, title=A Dictionary of Muslim Names, author=Salahuddin Ahmed, publisher = Hurst & Company, location=London, year=1999 Notable bearers of the name include * Shamima Akhtar (1957 – 2018), Bangladeshi playback singer *

Shamima Akhtar Tulee Shamima Akhtar Tulee is a Bangladeshi martial artist who is the first woman in Bangladesh to hold a Shotokan Karate Black Belt, from the Bangladesh Karate Federation The Bangladesh Karate Federation is the national federation for karate and is ...

(born 1974), Bangladeshi Martial artist *

Shamima Akter Liza Shamima Akter Liza (born 1989) is a Bangladeshi chess player and FIDE Woman International Master. She has won the Bangladesh Women's Chess Championship in 2005, 2010 and 2014. Career Liza has qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship ...

(born 1989), Bangladesh chess Woman International Master *

Shamima Ali Shamima Ali is a Fijian political activist of Indian descent. As of July 2015, she is the Coordinator of the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre (FWCC), a post she has held for many years. She has also been a member of the Fiji Human Rights Commission ( ...

, Fijian political activist *

Shamima Begum Shamima Begum (born 25 August 1999) is a British born woman, who left the UK in 2015 aged 15. She obtained entry to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). In February 2019, Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, acting for t ...

(born 1999), British-born woman who left the UK aged 15 to join ISIL *

Shamima Nazneen Shamima Nazneen is a Bangladeshi film, stage, television actress and director. She was born at Gangkulpara Village, Achmita Union, Katiadi Upazilla in Kishoreganj District She won Meril Prothom Alo Award for Best Actress for her role in the film ...

, Bangladeshi film, stage and television actress *

Shamima Shaikh Shamima Shaikh (14 September 1960 – 8 January 1998) was South Africa's best known Muslim women's rights activist, notable Islamic feminist and journalist. Biography She was born in Louis Trichardt (today South Africa's Limpopo Province) just ...

(1960 – 1998), South African Muslim women's rights activist, Islamic feminist and journalist * Shamima Sultana (born 1988), Bangladeshi cricketer

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