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Naim
Naim (also spelled Na'im, Nayeem, Naeem, Naiem, Nahim, Naheem, Nyhiem, Nihiem, Nyheim, Niheem, or Nahiem) ( ar, نعیم, he, נעים) is a male given name and surname. Notable persons with the name include: *Naim ibn Hammad (died 843 AD), Hadith collector *Naeem Ahmed (born 1952), Pakistani cricketer *Na'im Akbar (born 1944), American psychologist *Naïm Aarab (born 1988), Belgian football player *Naim Araidi (1950–2015), Israeli writer *Naim Ateek (born 1937), Palestinian priest *Naim Attallah (born 1931), Palestinian businessman *Naeem Ashraf (born 1972), Pakistani cricketer *Naim Bey (1872–1934), Ottoman bureaucrat *Naeem Bokhari (born 1948), Pakistani television host and lawyer *Naim Dangoor (1914–2015), British businessman *Naim Farouqi (born 1960), Afghan detainee *Naim Frashëri (1846–1900), Albanian romantic poet *Naim Frashëri (actor) (1923–1975), Albanian actor *Naeem Hashmi (died 1976), Pakistani film actor *Na'im ibn Musa, Iraqi mathematician *Na'eem Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naim Frashëri
Naim bey Frashëri, more commonly Naim Frashëri (; ; 25 May 184620 October 1900), was an Albanian historian, journalist, poet, rilindas and translator who was proclaimed as the national poet of Albania. He is regarded as the pioneer of modern Albanian literature and one of the most influential Albanian cultural icons of the 19th century. Naim and his brothers Abdyl and Sami were born and raised in the village of Frashër at the southern slopes of the Tomorr Mountains. He became acquainted with numerous cultures and languages such as Arabic, Ancient and Modern Greek, French, Italian, Ottoman Turkish and Persian. He was one of the few men to whom the literary culture of the Occident and Orient was equally familiar and valuable. Upon the death of his father, he and his family settled to Ioannina where he earned initial inspiration for his future poetries written in the lyric and romantic style. After he suffered a severe lung infection, due to his congenital tuberculosis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naim Bey
''The Memoirs of Naim Bey: Turkish Official Documents Relating to the Deportation and the Massacres of Armenians'', containing the Talat Pasha telegrams, is a book published by historian and journalist Aram Andonian in 1919. Originally redacted in Armenian, it was popularized worldwide through the English edition published by Hodder & Stoughton of London. It includes several documents (telegrams) that constitute evidence that the Armenian genocide was formally implemented as Ottoman Empire policy. The first edition in English had an introduction by Viscount Gladstone. Contents According to Andonian, the documents were collected by an Ottoman official called Naim Bey, who was working in the Refugees Office in Aleppo, and handed by him to Andonian. Each note bears the signature of Mehmed Talaat Pasha, the Minister of Interior and later Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. The contents of these telegrams ''"clearly states his intention to exterminate all Armenians, outlines the ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naim Süleymanoğlu
Naim Süleymanoğlu ( bg, Наим Сюлейманоглу; 23 January 1967 – 18 November 2017) was a Bulgarian-born Turkish Olympic weightlifter. He was a seven-time World Weightlifting champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist who set 46 world records. At 147 cm in height, Süleymanoğlu's short stature and great strength led to him being nicknamed "Pocket Hercules". He is widely considered as one of the greatest Olympic weightlifters of all time. He is the best pound-for-pound weightlifter in the history of weightlifting. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, Süleymanoğlu set multiple world records in the featherweight division in the snatch, clean and jerk, and total. Following the 1988 Summer Olympics, he made the cover of ''Time'' magazine. Süleymanoğlu went on to win Olympic gold in 1992 and 1996. He was awarded the Olympic Order in 2001. In 2000 and 2004, he was elected as a member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame. Early life, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naim Ateek
Naim Stifan Ateek ( ar, نعيم عتيق, Na`īm `Ateeq) (born in the Palestinian village of Beisan in 1937) is a Palestinian priest in the Anglican Communion and founder of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem. He has been an active leader in the shaping of the Palestinian liberation theology. He was the first to articulate a Palestinian theology of liberation in his book, ''Justice, and only Justice, a Palestinian Theology of Liberation'', published by Orbis in 1989, and based on his dissertation for his degree in theology. The book laid the foundation of a theology that addresses the conflict over Palestine and explores the political as well as the religious, biblical, and theological dimensions. A former Canon of St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem, he lectures widely both at home and abroad. His book, ''A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation'', was published by Orbis in 2008, followed by ''A Palestinian Theology of Liberation'', 2017. Early lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naim Popal
Naim Popal (Pashto/Dari: ) (born 18 June 1954) is an Afghan singer, songwriter, and composer. In 2006, Popal returned to perform for a New Year concert in Afghanistan after 30 years in exile. Biography Naim Popal was born on 18 June 1954, into a Popalzai family, in the Demazang district in Kabul, Afghanistan. His father, Sayed Ahmad, worked at the Ministry of Energy while his mother, Rabia, took care of home duties. He is the middle child amongst five brothers and four sisters. His passion for music began at the age of nine, where he began singing and playing harmonium for his friends and classmates. His sister in law support him at the time a lot to make his music career. He attended the high schools of Habibiya and Shahey Du Shamshera. At Shahey Du Shamshera, he started a band called "Lalaha" (The Tulips). The name originated from a 1963 French film starring Alain Delon, whom Naim had greatly admired in his youth. The band consisted of Samey Khaluqi on drums, Nazer Baluch on b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naim Farouqi
Mohammed Naim Farouq is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 633. Mohammed Naim Farouq is named on a "most wanted" poster issued by the Defense Intelligence Agency, and a press release entitled: "Ex-Guantanamo Detainees who have returned to the fight". Identity *A former Guantanamo captive listed as Mohammed Nayim Farouq is named on the list of captives who returned to the battlefield, and on the full official list released on May 15, 2006. *A former Guantanamo captive listed as Monhammed Nayim Farouq is named on the most wanted list. The most wanted list asserts he was born in 1960. *A former Guantanamo captive listed as Mohammed Nayim Farouq is named on the full official list of all the captives' names, released on May 15, 2006. According to the list his Guantanamo Internment Serial Number is 633. The list reports that he was born in Zatoon Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naim Dangoor
Sir Naim Eliahou Dangoor, CBE (17 April 1914 – 19 November 2015) was a British-naturalised Iraqi-born Jewish entrepreneur and philanthropist. Early life Dangoor was born in Baghdad in 1914, the second of six siblings. His father, Eliahou Dangoor (1883–1976), was the world's largest printer of Arabic books, and his grandfather Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor was the Chief Rabbi of Baghdad. In the 1930s, Dangoor made the five-day journey from Baghdad to London, at the age of 17, in order to enroll in an engineering degree at the University of London. After graduating he returned to Iraq where he was conscripted into the army and became an officer. It was during his army training that he met his future business partner Ahmed Safwat. Career Initially on leaving the army he had hoped to become an engineer on the railways, but due to restrictions imposed upon Jews this was not possible, so he and Ahmed, a Muslim, decided to go into business together, setting up Eastern Industries i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naima (other)
"Naima" is a ballad by John Coltrane, composed in 1959, and named after his first wife Juanita Naima Coltrane (née Grubbs). Naima may also refer to: * Mustafa Naima (1655–1716), Ottoman historian * ''Naima'', alternative title of the 1992 album ''Over the Rainbow'' by New York Unit * ''Naima'' (Vladislav Delay album), 2002 * Naima, a 1990s jazz band that included Dominique Eade and Joe McPhee * "Naima", a 1994 lullaby by Angélique Kidjo * North American Insulation Manufacturers Association; see Glass fiber * ''Naima'' (Eric Dolphy Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist and flautist. On a few occasions, he also played the clarinet and piccolo. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gai ... album), 1987 {{disambiguation Arabic feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naim Attallah
Naim Ibrahim Attallah ( ar, نعيم إبراهيم عطالله, 1 May 1931 – 2 February 2021) was a Christian Palestinian-British businessman and writer. He was the publisher of Quartet Books and the owner of The Women's Press. The Palestinian-born entrepreneur was described by ''The Guardian'' in 2000 as a "legendary adorer of beautiful women". He was born in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1931. He was the publisher of Quartet Books, which was founded in 1972 by Ken Banerji, John Boothe, William Miller and Brian Thompson, and taken over by Attallah in 1976. Attallah was a backer of the ''Literary Review'' and ''The Oldie''. He was also the owner of the London-based The Women's Press, founded in 1977; it was founded by him and Stephanie Dowrick. His book of memoirs, ''Fulfilment and Betrayal: 1975–1995'', was published in 2007. According to Jennie Erdal's memoir ''Ghosting'' (2005), she was the ghostwriter of some of his books, articles and other writings. Attall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naïm Kattan
Naïm Kattan, (, ; August 26, 1928 – July 2, 2021) was a Canadian novelist, essayist and critic of Iraqi Jewish origin. He is the author of more than 30 books, translated into several languages. Biography Kattan spent the first years of his life growing up in Jewish Baghdad, and studied at the University of Baghdad from 1945 until 1947. Those years of his life are explored throughout his novel ''Farewell, Babylon.'' First published in French as ''Adieu, Babylone'' in 1975, his novel was translated by Sheila Fischman and published in English in 1976.Kattan, Naim. ''Farewell, Babylon: Coming of Age in Jewish Baghdad.'' Boston: 200archive.org/ref> The early years of Kattan's life were complicated. Kattan recalls in ''Farewell, Babylon'' the experiences of growing up in a community torn between Jewish and Arab nationalisms, the horrors of the 1941 Farhud, and anti-Semitism, but also Jewish successes in the cosmopolitan Arab city.Stephanie Schwartz: ''Double-Diaspora in the Literatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naim Frashëri (actor)
Naim Frashëri (12 August 1923 – 18 February 1975) was an Albanian actor. He was named a People's Artist of Albania. Career Frashëri pursued secondary studies at Qemal Stafa High School, in Tirana, Albania. Frashëri's love for theater had already started in 1942, however he started his professional acting career at the beginning of 1945. Among his main roles are those of ''Tartuffe'' in ''Tartuffe'', ''Smith'' in ''Russian Affair'', ''Gjoni'' in ''Trimi i mirë me shokë shumë'', ''The General'' in the '' General of the dead Army'' ('' Gjenerali i ushtrise së vdekur''), ''Leka'' in ''Përkolgjinaj'', ''Nikolla'' in ''The Enemies'' (''Armiqtë''), ''Sasha Ribakov'' in the ''Kremlin hours'' (''Orët e Kremlinit''), ''Luben'' in the ''Leipzig Trial'' (''Proçesi i Lajpcigut''), ''Ferdinand'' in ''Intrigue and Love'', ''Howard'' in ''Deep roots'', ''Hamlet'' in ''Hamlet'', ''Jonuz Bruga'' in ''The Fisherman's Family'' (''Familja e Peshkatarit''). The role of ''Jonuz Braga'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naim Krieziu
Naim Kryeziu (4 January 1918 – 20 March 2010) was an Kosovo Albanian football player famous in Italy in the 1940s and 1950s. Club career Born in Gjakova, Republic of Kosovo, Kryeziu was a particularly quick right winger able to run 100 m in 11 seconds. He left his town in Kosovo as a youngster to join his brother in Tirana, making his footballing debut in the domestic top flight at the age of 15. Following the 1939 Italian invasion of Albania, he was noted by an Italian sports professor who suggested him to AS Roma. As he was considered an Italian following the annexation of Albania, he was allowed to enrol in the Rome ''ISEF'' (Italian sports university) whilst also playing for AS Roma, where he won an Italian title in 1941–42. He played for the ''giallorossi'' until 1948, when he joined A.C. Napoli; he finally retired in 1953. Later career He later started an coaching career, serving also as AS Roma head coach for a short time during the 1963–64 season as a replacement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
