Famous People with Name Naim

Naim Popal            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Naim Popal: an Afghan singer, songwriter, and composer.Mr.Popal is considered to be one of the most influential artists in Afghanistan´s musical history with a career that spans over four decades.

Yael Naim            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yael Naim: a French-Israeli singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in 2008 in the US after her hit single "New Soul" was used by Apple in an advertising campaign for its MacBook Air. The success of this song made her the first Israeli solo artist to have a top ten hit in the United States. The song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.Naïm joined with percussionist David Donatien, and over a period of two years they arranged and recorded thirteen of Naïm's songs in a studio in Naïm's apartment in Paris,[5] and these were released as her second album, Yael Naïm, on 22 October 2007, on the Tôt ou tard label. The songs are in French, English, and Hebrew and received critical acclaim,[2] and the album entered the French album chart at #11 the week after its release. Her style has been described as having a touch of folk and a touch of jazz, with mysterious and evocative words sung with a delicate and intentionally husky voice [6]

C. M. Naim            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

C. M. Naim: an American scholar of Urdu language and literature. He is currently professor emeritus at the University of Chicago.Naim is the founding editor of both Annual of Urdu Studies and Mahfil (now Journal of South Asian Literature), as well as the author of the definitive textbook for Urdu pedagogy in English.

Moisés Naím            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Moisés Naím: is a Venezuelan writer and columnist and, since 1996, the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine.Naím served as Venezuela’s Minister of Trade and Industry, and played a central role in the initial launching of major economic reforms in the late 1980s

Yuval Naimy            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yuval Naimy: is an Israeli point guard and shooting guard, who is currently playing for Hapoel Jerusalem and Israel national basketball team. On 2010 Summer he led Israel national basketball team to EuroBasket 2011.