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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 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

"Life was difficult here even when people lived in their houses. It snows here. Tents will not solve the problem," said Ouazzo Naima, 60, who lost eight relatives in the quake.

From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2023

Other villagers who were starting to stir up the lanes with noise and dust didn’t seem to notice anything unusual about Naima either.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins