Najma (Arabic: نجمة) or Al-Najma may refer to:
Women with the given name
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Najma Akhtar (academic)
Najma Akhtar (born 1953) is an Indian academic and academic administrator. Since April 2019, she has been the Vice Chancellor of the Jamia Millia Islamia, an Indian university. She is also the first woman to hold the post in JMI.
Education
Akht ...
(born 1953), Indian academic and academic administrator
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Najma Begum (born 1967), Pakistani politician member of the National Assembly of the Punjab
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Najma Chowdhury
Najma Chowdhury (26 February 1942 – 8 August 2021) was a Bangladeshi academic. She was a pioneer in establishing women studies in Bangladesh. She founded the Women and Gender Studies department of the University of Dhaka in 2000. She was an a ...
(1942–2021), Bangladesh academic
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Najma Hameed
Najma Hameed ( ur, ; 18 March 1944 – 2 December 2022) was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of Senate of Pakistan from 2009 to 2021, representing Pakistan Muslim League (N).
Political career
Hameed was elected to the Senate of Pak ...
, Pakistani politician, member of Senate of Pakistan
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Najma Heptulla
Najma Akbar Ali Heptulla (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian politician. She is the Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia since 2017. She was a six time member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, between 1980 and 2016, and D ...
(born 1940), Indian politician, Governor if Manipur
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Najma Idrees (born 1952), Kuwaiti poet, writer and academic
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Najma Kousri, Tunisian lawyer, journalist, feminist, LGBT activist
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Najma Parveen
Najma Parveen (born 20 December 1990) is a Pakistani sprinter. She represented Pakistan at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. As of July 2021, she is the national record holder in 200m, 400m and 400m hurdles
Career
Parveen is part of the coun ...
(born 1990), Pakistani sprinter
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Najma Mehboob
Najma Mehboob (1949 – 6 December 1983) was a Pakistani film and TV actress. She mostly played character and mother roles in dramas and films both in Urdu and Punjabi languages. She died in a train accident during a film shoot in 1983.
Early l ...
(1949–1983), Pakistani actress
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Najma (actress), Pakistani film actress
Places
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Najma (Doha)
Najma ( ar, نجمة) is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Doha. Considered to be one of Doha's older districts, the bulk of Najma's commercial and office spaces are located along the arterial roads of Airport Street, C Ring Road ...
, a district in Qatar
Arts and entertainment
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''Najma'' (1943 film), an Indian film
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''Najma'' (1983 film), a Bangladeshi film
Sports
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Al-Nejmeh (disambiguation) Al-Nejmeh (), Arabic for "the Star", may refer to:
*Nejmeh SC, a Lebanese football club
* Al-Najma SC, a Bahraini multi-sports club
* Al-Najma SC, an Iraqi football club
* Al-Najma SC, a Saudi Arabian football club
*Annajma SC
Annajma ( ar, ا٠...
, number of sports clubs
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Nejmeh SC, a Lebanese football club
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Al-Najma SC (Bahrain), a Bahraini multi-sports club
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Al-Najma SC (Saudi Arabia), a Saudi Arabian football club
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Annajma SC
Annajma ( ar, النجمة) is a Libyan football club based in Benghazi which plays in the Libyan Premier League
The Libyan Premier League ( ar, الدوري الليبي الممتاز) is the men's top professional football division of th ...
, a Libyan football club
See also
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Najm Najm () or Najam (also Negm, in Egyptian dialect / pronunciation) is an Arabic word meaning ''MORNING STAR''. It is used as a given name in Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia. Najm is the male version of the name and Najma () is the female ...
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Najima (disambiguation) Najima is the feminine of the Arabic name Najim. It may refer to:
Places
*Najima Castle is a hilltop castle, located in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Today, only its ruins still stand.
History
Najima Castle was located on a peninsula ...
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