Shami

Shami may refer to:

Regions

• Damascus, also known as Shami
• Bilad al-Sham
• Syria

People

Religious groups

• Shami Jews, Jews from Damascus
• Yemenite Jews, some of them also called Shami Jews

Individuals with the nickname

• Shami-Damulla (died 1932), figure in the development of Islamic fundamentalism in Soviet Central Asia

Individuals with the given name

• Shami Abdulahi (born 1984), Ethiopian long-distance runner
• Shami Chakrabarti (born 1960), British lawyer and politician
• Shami Hassan (born 1984), Qatari footballer
• Shami Kermashani (1927–1984), Iranian Kurdish poet

Individuals with the surname

• Abdullah Al Shami (born 1994), Syrian footballer
• Abu Ishaq Shami (died 940), Muslim scholar
• Ali Al Shami (born 1945), Lebanese academic and politician
• Basim Shami (born 1976), Palestinian-American businessman and philanthropist
• Farouk Shami, Palestinian-American businessman
• Mohammed Shami (born 1990), Indian cricketer
• Mohammed Ibrahim Shami (born 1993), Qatari footballer
• Mubarak Hassan Shami (born 1980), Kenyan-Qatari long-distance runner
• Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami, Pakistani journalist and columnist
• Yitzhaq Shami (1888–1949), Palestinian Jewish writer

Other uses

• Shamī: a village in Khuzestan Province of Iran
• Shami, another name for Levantine Arabic
• Shami, Shemi or Shimi: a village in Semnan Province of Iran
• Shami goat or Damascus goat, a goat breed
• Shami Hospital, a hospital in Damascus, Syria
• Shami kebab, a type of kebab from the Indian subcontinent
• Shami or Prosopis cineraria, the state tree of Rajasthan, India
• Shami Statue or Statue, National Museum of Iran 2401, a statue found in Shami, Khuzestan, Iran
• Shami-Amourae, a demon lord in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game

See also

• Shammi (disambiguation)