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[Facts] Re: Chaimae
I guess so.The name isn't used by ethnic French people, though. In France, it's used by people of North African background.
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Yes, in France, by French-speaking North Africans, as opposed to the Shima/Shaima transliteration more used in former British administered Arab countries than in Tunisia, Algeria etc.. Whether that reflects Berber Arabic pronunciation or simply a French orthographical choice, I couldn't say.
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