title: Shiha
text: # Shiha
  
  Shiha (in Arabic شيحة or شيحا) is an Arabic-based surname perhaps could mean the bitter herbaceous plant wormwood, used in fragrances and medicines.
  
  It may refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  * Al-Shiha, a Syrian village located in the Masyaf Subdistrict in Masyaf District, located west of Hama
  * Shihat Hama, or just Shiha or al-Shyha, a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate
  * Shihat al-Hamraa, a Syrian village located in Al-Hamraa Nahiyah in Hama District, Hama
  
  ## People with the surname
  
  * Essam Shiha, Egyptian lawyer, politician and human rights activist
  * Hala Shiha (born 1979), Egyptian actress
  * Hana Shiha (born 1979), Egyptian actress
  * Jana Shiha (born 2001), Egyptian squash player
  