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Naima

American  
[nah-ee-muh] / nɑˈi mə /

noun

  1. a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”


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Naima Warsame, a program manager and chief of staff in New York, told me she thoroughly enjoyed the film but that her screening “wasn’t without its drama.”

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Naima Keith, LACMA’S head of education, explained it this way at the press preview: “Moments of dislocation that become moments of revelation. That’s the point.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Naima Said Salah is a journalist with Somalia's only all-women media house, Bilan Media.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2024

Until Friday, Naima Ait Brahim Ouali, a house cleaner, lived on the third floor of an apartment building with her five children in Sourejdid, a now-destroyed neighborhood in Amizmiz.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

Naima watched his skinny legs turn the pedals as he puffed up the hill.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins

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