Shaheen

Shaheen

Shaheen (French-influenced spelling: Chahine, Arabic: شاهين) is a name of Arabic origin. It is an Arabic word that means "majestic eagle". It can refer to:

Military

* Shaheen means "Peregrine Falcon" in Persian (Persian: شاہین ), is the military symbol of Pakistan Air Force
*Shaheen missile
*Shaheen-II
*Black Shaheen, variant of the Storm Shadow/SCALP EG air launched cruise missile, for export to the UAE

Companies

*Shaheen Air International
*Shaheen Air Cargo
*Shaheen Airport Services

People

Using the spelling Chahine
*Yahia Chahine, Egyptian film producer and actor
*Halim Nassim Abi Chahine, Lebanese surgeon
*Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director

Using the spelling Shaheen
*Shaheen Sheik, singer, song-writer, dancer and an actor
*Jeanne Shaheen, former Governor of New Hampshire 1997-2003, Democrat
*Jack Shaheen, American media scholar

Other

*"Shaheen", a novel by Naseem Hijazi
*4103 Chahine, a Main Belt asteroid


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