Nimr

Nimr, al-Nimr or NIMR may refer to:

People

Surname

• Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr (born 1994), Saudi Arabian protester sentenced to beheading and crucifixion, but later released, nephew of Nimr al-Nimr
• Amy Nimr (1898–1974), Egyptian-born artist, writer and patron of the arts
• Faris Nimr (1856–1951), Lebanese journalist
• Khaled Nimr (born 1978), Jordanian footballer
• Mek Nimr (died 1846), last mek (king) of the Ja'alin tribe of Shendi, Sudan
• Nimr al-Nimr (1959–2016), Saudi Arabian Shia cleric beheaded for criticizing his country's government
• Sonia Nimr (born 1955), Palestinian writer, storyteller, translator, ethnographer and academic

Given name

• Nimr Saleh (1929–1991), Palestinian leftist figure

Other uses

• NIMR (vehicle manufacturer)
  • Nimr (armored personnel carrier)
• National Institute for Medical Research, in the UK
• National Institute of Malaria Research, in India
• Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, in Nigeria

In fiction

• Nelson Institute of Marine Research (NIMR), the main quasi-naval organization in the movie Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and the TV series

See also

• Al-Nimr Palace, in Nablus, West Bank
• Albu Nimr, a Sunni Arab tribe in Iraq