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Nava (given Name)
Nava is a given name. In Hebrew and Arabic its meaning is "pretty." Notable people with the name include: * Nava Arad (1938–2022), Israeli politician *Nava Ashraf, Canadian economist and academic *Nava Boker (born 1970), Israeli journalist and politician * Nava Lubelski (born 1968), American artist *Nava Macmel-Atir (born 1964), Israeli author, playwright and poet *Nava Semel Nava Semel ( he, נאוה סמל; September 15, 1954 – December 2, 2017) was an Israeli author, playwright, screenwriter and translator. Her short story collection ''Kova Zekhukhit '' (''Hat of Glass'') was the first work of fiction published in ... (1954–2017), Israeli author, playwright and screenwriter * Nava Starr (born 1949), Canadian chess player See also * Neva (name) References {{given name Arabic feminine given names Feminine given names Hebrew feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nava Arad
Nava Arad ( he, נאוה ארד; 4 December 1938 – 21 February 2022) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1981 and 1992, and again from 1995 until 1996. Life and career Born in Kibbutz Hulda in Mandatory Palestine, Arad served as a welfare sergeant in Nahal brigade during her national service in the IDF.Nava Arad: Particulars Knesset website She gained a BA from the Beit Berl Teachers College, another bachelor's degree in social work from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an MA in social administration and social policy from the |
Nava Ashraf
Nava Ashraf is a Canadian economist who is a professor of economics at the London School of Economics as well as research director of the Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship. Her research interests include development economics, behavioral economics, and family economics. Biography Ashraf earned a B.A. in economics from Stanford University in 1998, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 2003 and 2005, respectively. After her studies, she began working at Harvard Business School in the Negotiation, Organizations and Markets Unit as assistant professor (2005–10) and later as associate professor (2010–16). Since 2016 Ashraf has been a professor at the London School of Economics. Ashraf maintains affiliations with the CEPR, J-PAL, and BREAD, in particular as research director of the Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship and co-director of the psychology and economics programme within the Suntory and To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nava Boker
Nava Prehi-Boker ( he, נאוה פרחי-בוקר, born 15 November 1970) is an Israeli journalist and politician. Biography Nava Boker was born and raised in Pardes Hanna-Karkur. Her parents were Jewish immigrants from Yemen. A journalist by profession, Boker worked for both Yedioth Ahronoth and Ma'ariv, as well as Channel 1. She married and had two daughters, then divorced. At age 27, as a reporter, she met Hadera police chief Lior Boker, and married him. Due to difficulties with obtaining a marriage certificate from the Israeli rabbinate, she married Boker in what she described as an "alternative marriage." In 2010 her husband was killed in the Mount Carmel forest fire. She subsequently established a foundation to support fire and rescue workers. Prior to the 2015 Knesset elections she was placed 25th on the Likud list, and was elected to the Knesset as Likud won 30 seats. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nava Lubelski
Nava Lubelski (born 1968 in New York City) is a contemporary artist who works and lives in Asheville, North Carolina. Background and education Lubelski was born in 1968 and grew up in the SoHo section of New York City. She graduated from Hunter College High School in 1986 and earned a BA in Russian literature and history from Wesleyan University in 1990. She spent a year abroad as a student in Moscow, Russia. Lubelski wrote ''The Starving Artist's Way'' and is a 2008 grantee of The Pollock Krasner Foundation. Artistic career Lubelski is a contemporary artist who works with fibers, paper sculptures, and various 3D stitched pieces. Her work engages a variety of materials and techniques, focusing on hybridizing notions of masculine/feminine, art/craft, painting/sculpture. Lubelski often works with hand stitching over stains on fabric. She stitches on the edges of the stain thus "repairing" them aesthetically. Her inspiration for this first came at an art foundation benefit when a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nava Macmel-Atir
Nava Macmel-Atir ( he, נאוה מקמל-עתיר; born 27 August 1964) is an Israeli author, playwright and poet. She is best known for her books ''Adi's Jewel'' (Hebrew: העדי של עדי) and ''Ot me-Avshalom'' (Hebrew: אות מאבשלום). Biography Nava Macmel-Atir was born in Ramat Gan, Israel. Literary career In her twenties Macmel-Atir wrote poetry for a children's column in Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. On Yom Hazikaron (Israel's National Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism) 1990, "7 Days" (Hebrew: שבעה ימים), the weekend supplement of the paper, published an interview with her about her poem "Micha Shuv" (Hebrew: מיכה שוב), which she wrote in memory of Micha Granit, who fell in the Yom Kippur War, In 2000, Macmel-Atir published her first book, ''Ayelet Diving'' (Hebrew: איילת צוללת). One of her most highly acclaimed books was ''Adi's Jewel'' (Hebrew: העדי של עדי), based on the true story of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nava Semel
Nava Semel ( he, נאוה סמל; September 15, 1954 – December 2, 2017) was an Israeli author, playwright, screenwriter and translator. Her short story collection ''Kova Zekhukhit '' (''Hat of Glass'') was the first work of fiction published in Israel to address the topic of the "Second Generation"—children of Holocaust survivors. Biography Nava Artzi (later Semel) was born in Jaffa, the daughter of Yitzhak Artzi, a politician and member of the Knesset, and Mimi (Margalit), a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp and Kleineshenau. The Jerusalem Post, 2 December 2017, accessed 20 August 2021. Her maternal grandmother was the sister of Rabbi |
Nava Starr
Nava Starr (née Shterenberg; born April 4, 1949) is a Latvia-born Canadian chess player. She holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM). Starr is an eight-time Canadian ladies' champion and has represented Canada 13 times in the Women's Chess Olympiad. She competed six times in the Women's World Chess Championship. Biography, chess achievements and style Starr was born Nava Shterenberg in Riga, Latvia. She has lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada since the mid-1970s. She is married to Sasha Starr; they have a daughter, Regina, and two grandchildren, Mathew and Naomi. Sasha Starr is also a Master-strength chess player. Starr's chess style is sharp, offensive and always looking for combinations. She favours sharp and unusual openings, such as the Grand Prix Attack ( Sicilian), b2-b3 against the French, ...f7-f5 variations in the Ruy Lopez, and the Philidor Defence. She received the WIM title by winning her first Ladies' Canadian Chess Championship in 1978 in Victoria, Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neva (name)
Neva is a feminine given name and a surname. It may refer to: Given name *Neva Abelson (1910–2000), American pediatrician and medical researcher *Neva Boyd (1876–1963), American sociologist *Neva Brasfield (1889–1980), half of the American comedy duo Uncle Cyp and Aunt Sap Brasfield *Neva Carr Glyn (1908–1975), Australian actress *Neva Edwards (born 1931), educator, lay preacher and former civil servant in Dominica *Neva Gerber (1894–1974), American silent film actress *Neva Goodwin (born 1944), American economist *Neva Haites, Australian geneticist *Neva Jane Langley (1933–2012), American beauty pageant queen, Miss America 1953 * Neva Morris (1895–2010), American supercentenarian *Neva Patterson (1920–2010), American actress *Neva Pilgrim, American soprano Surname * Franklin A. Neva (1922–2011), American virologist and physician * Samuel Néva (born 1981), French footballer See also *Nava (given name), a feminine given name *Nela (name) Nela is a Croatian, Cze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic Feminine Given Names
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is the language of literature, official documents, and formal written medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feminine Given Names
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A '' Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names and relig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
