Habibi

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Habibi (حَبِيبي) is an Arabic word that literally means "my beloved (of a male)", from the adjective habib "beloved". It is commonly also used for "darling," "honey," "dear," or "friend." The female form is habibati, or colloquially habibti.

Many things have been called Habibi, including:

• People with the surname Habibi:
  • Former Iranian Vice President Hassan Habibi
  • Prof. Hamid R. Habibi, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
  • Jafar Habibi, University of Trier, Trier, Germany
  • Hashem Habibi, Sharif University of Technology
  • Mehran Habibi, Ohio State University
  • Shawn Habibi, The Trusted Traveler online at [1]
• A book called Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye, 2001, Publisher: Bt Bound; ISBN 0-613-18312-6
• A magazine Habibi online at [2]
• Movies that contain the word habibi:
  • Shebbak habibi (1951)
  • Habibi katir (1951)
  • Ana wa habibi (1953)
  • Inta habibi (1957)
  • Habibi el asmar (1958)
  • Ghaltet habibi (1958)
  • Angham habibi (1959)

It is also used in Steven Spielberg's movie Munich by Daniel Craig's character Steve.

• • Kholkhal habibi (1960)
  • Ya habibi (1960)
  • Watani habibi (1964)
  • Oncle Zizou habibi (1977)
  • Habibi, amor mío (1981)
  • Farid Habibi (1984) [3]
  • Emile Habibi - Niszarty B'Haifa (1997) aka "Emile Habibi: I Stayed in Haifa"
  • Anjum Habibi (2003)
  • Shouf shouf habibi! (2004) [4]
• Songs with the word habibi:
  • Firefox AK included a cover of the track Habibi on her debut album "Madame! Madame!", 2006, Sweden
  • Jeff Martin, former lead singer/guitarist for The Tea Party, first solo single "The World is Calling You", 2006, Canada
  • Hisham Abbas' hit song Habibi Da
  • Habibi Ya Nour El Ain (My Darling, You Are The Glow In My Eyes); Lyrics: Ahmed Shatta; Music: Nasser Al Mezdawy
  • Wa Habibi, from Ayre by classical composer Osvaldo Golijov
  • Habibi by System 7 from the album System 7 (1991)
• An Israeli band called Habibi
• Various cafes and restaurants, like
  • Café Habibi, 229 Brighton Ave., Allston, MA, USA
  • Habibi Lounge, 114 E 1st Street, New York, NY, USA
  • Café Habibi, Storgata 14, Oslo, Norway
  • Habibi Restaurant, 116 Wellington St., Central, Hong Kong
  • Habibi Cafe, 112-114 Wellington St., Central, Hong Kong
  • Habibi Ana, Rozenstraat 14, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Habibi's, 1128 W. Broadway, Vancouver, BC Canada
  • Ya Habibi, Cologne, Germany
  • Habibi Falafel, Winterfeldtplatz, Berlin, Germany