Shami
# 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
