Habiba (Arabic:
حَبِيْبَه, ''ḥabībah''), alternatively Habibah and Habeeba , is a female given name of Arabic origin meaning ''beloved'', ''sweetheart'', or ''lover'', stemming from the male name
Habib
Habib ( ar, حبيب, ''ḥabīb''; ), sometimes written as Habeeb, is an Arabic masculine given name, occasional surname, and honorific, with the meaning "beloved" or "my love", or "darling". It also forms the famous Arabic word ‘''Habibi’'' ...
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Habiba or Habibah may refer to:
People
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Habiba of Valencia (also known as Thoma; died 1127), Arab Andalusian scholar
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Habiba bint Jahsh
Ḥabiba bint Jaḥsh (Arabic: حبيبة بنت جحش) was a female companion of Muhammad.
Biography
Her father was Jahsh ibn Riyab, an immigrant from the Asad ibn Khuzayma tribe who had settled in Mecca under the protection of Harb ibn Um ...
, a companion of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad
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Habiba Mohamed Ahmed Alymohmed
Habiba Mohamed Ahmed Alymohmed, is squash (sport), squash player who played on the Professional Squash Association, Professional Squash Association (PSA) tour from 2011 to 2015. Her accomplishments as a player include five British Junior Open Squa ...
(born 1999), Egyptian squash player
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Habiba Zehi Ben Romdhane
Habiba Zehi Ben Romdhane was Tunisia's health minister. She took office in the interim Tunisian government which began on January 28, 2011, after protests had dislodged a longstanding authoritarian government.
Habiba Zehi Ben Romdhane earned a p ...
(born 1950), Tunisian minister
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Habiba Bouhamed Chaabouni
Habiba Bouhamed Chaabouni is professor of medical genetics at Tunis University.
Biography
In 1981, Chaabouni created the first genetic counselling service, then launched epidemiological studies on consanguinity in northern Tunisia a region whe ...
, Tunisian Professor of Medical Genetics
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Habiba Dembélé
Habiba Dembélé Sahouet is an Ivorian journalist and television presenter.
She is currently presenter of TV news '' 13 heures'' and '' 20 heures'' on the La Première (RTI) main channel, centred in Abidjan
Abidjan ( , ; N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲ ...
, Ivorian journalist
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Habiba Djahnine (born 1968), Algerian film producer
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Habiba Ghribi
Habiba Ghribi () (born 9 April 1984) is a Tunisian middle- and long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, giving her country its first Olympic medal by a woman. Sh ...
(born 1984), Tunisian athlete
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Habiba Nosheen
Habiba Nosheen ( ur, ) is an Investigative journalist. Her film '' Outlawed in Pakistan'' premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2013 and was called "among the standouts" of Sundance by the ''Los Angeles Times''. A longer version of the film air ...
(born 1982), Pakistani-Canadian journalist
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Habiba Ahmed Abd Elaziz Ramadan (1986–2013), Egyptian journalist and activist
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Habiba Sarābi (born 1956), Afghan physician
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Habibah binte Ubayd-Allah
Habibah bint Ubayd Allah ( ar, حبيبة بنت عبيد الله, Habîbe bint-i Ubeyd Allāh) is the daughter of Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh and Ramla bint Abi Sufyan.
Family background
Habibah's father was the brother of Zaynab bint Jahsh, whom M ...
, a companion of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad
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Habibah bint Kharijah ibn Zayd ibn Abi Zuhayr, wife of Abu Bakr, the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death
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Umm Habiba
Umm Ḥabība Ramla bint Abī Sufyān ( ar, أم حبيبة رملة بنت أبي سفيان; 589 or 594–665) was a wife of Muhammad and therefore a Mother of the Believers.
Early life
She was the daughter of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and Safiyyah ...
(or Ramla bint Abi Sufyan; c.594–666), a wife of Muhammad
Other uses
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Hassan and Habibah, British television presenters
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Habibas Islands, located just north of the Algerian coast
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