# Nasim

Nassim (Arabic: نسیم) also transliterated as Nacim, Naseem, Nasseem, Nasim, Nesim or Nessim, is a unisex name meaning "gentle breeze, fresh air" . It is mostly used in Middle Eastern and South Asian cultures and language groups. It may refer to:

## Company

* Nasim Sdn Bhd, a member of Naza Group of Companies

## People
### Men
#### Nacim

* Nacim Abdelali (born 1981), Algerian footballer

#### Naseem

* Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha (1871–1938), Egyptian politician
* Naseem Hijazi (c. 1910–1996), Pakistani Urdu writer
* Mohammad Naseem (1924–2014), Pakistani-British doctor and politician
* Naseem Kharal (1939–1978), Pakistani short story writer
* Farogh Naseem (born 1969), Pakistani lawyer
* Naseem Hamed (born 1974), Yemeni-British boxer
* Hassan Evan Naseem (1984–2003), Maldivian drug offender killed in jail
* Naqeebullah Mehsud (1991–2018), also known as "Naseem Ullah", a Pakistani national ethnic Pashtun who was killed in a fake police encounter

#### Nasim

* Anwar Nasim (born 1935), Pakistani nuclear scientist and molecular biologist
* Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811–1845), Urdu poet
* Nasim Amrohvi (1908–1987), Pakistani Urdu poet
* Nasim Ashraf, Pakistani politician and cricket administrator
* Nasim Hasan Shah (1929–2015), Pakistani judge
* Nasim Khaksar (born 1944), Iranian writer
* Nasim al-Safarjalani (1935–1994), Syrian politician
* Nasim-ul-Ghani (born 1941), Pakistani cricketer
* Mohammad Nasim (Guantanamo captive 958) (born 1962), Afghan detainee
* Nasim Nisr (born 1968), Lebanese-Israeli convicted of spying
* Nasim Khan (cricketer, born 1976) (born 1976), Pakistani cricketer
* Mohammad Nasim Akhundzada (died 1990), Afghan warlord
* Lieutenant General Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim (born 1943), former Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh Army
* Nasim Ahmed (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
* Nasim Fekrat, Afghan journalist
* Nasim Ur Rehman, Pakistani politician
* Mohammed Nasim (1948–2020), Bangladesh politician

#### Nasimuddin

* Nasimuddin Amin (1955–2008), Malaysian businessman

#### Nassim

* Nassim Maalouf (born 1941). Lebanese trumpeter
* Nassim Soleimanpour (born 1981), writer from Iran (White Rabbit Red Rabbit)
* Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960), Lebanese-American businessman and academic
* Nassim Akrour (born 1974), Algerian footballer
* Nassim Mendil (born 1979), Algerian-French footballer
* Nassim Hamlaoui (born 1981), Algerian footballer
* Nassim Oussalah (born 1981), Algerian footballer
* Nassim Dehouche (born 1982), Algerian footballer
* Nassim Banouas (born 1986), Algerian-German footballer
* Nassim Boukmacha (born 1987), Algerian footballer
* Nassim Oudahmane (born 1987), Algerian footballer
* Nassim Ben Khalifa (born 1992), Tunisian-Swiss footballer

#### Nesim

* Nesim Özgür (born 1973), Turkish-Bulgarian footballer
* Nesim Tahirović (1941–2020), Bosnian painter
* Nesim Turan (born 1992), Turkish Paralympian table tennis player

### Women
#### Naseem

* Naseem Begum (1936–1971), Pakistani singer
* Naseem Banu (1916–2002), Indian cinema actress
* Naseem Hameed (born 1988), Pakistani athlete
* Naz Shah (born Naseem Shah; 1973), British Labour Party politician

#### Nasim

* Nasim Pedrad (born 1981), Iranian-American actress and comedian
* Nasim Wali Khan (1932–2021), Pakistani politician
* Nasim Zehra (born 1953), Pakistani journalist

### Fictional characters

* Naseem, fictional character played by Wasim Nawaz in the web series Corner Shop Show
* Nacim Bismilla, fictional character on the HBO drama Oz, played by Ra Hanna
* Naseem Ali Khan, fictional character on the British drama Indian Summers, played by Tanmay Dhanania

## Other uses

* Nasim (car), Iranian car
* Naseem (film), 1995 Hindi film
* Nassim al-Roh, 1998 Syrian film
* Naseem Cup, Yemeni football competition, 2000–2003
* NASSIM, an Off-Broadway play by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour