diff --git a/data/xml/2022.umios.xml b/data/xml/2022.umios.xml
index 9e4b0da0fb..11d72ff263 100644
--- a/data/xml/2022.umios.xml
+++ b/data/xml/2022.umios.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <paper id="2">
       <title>Global Span Selection for Named Entity Recognition</title>
       <author><first>Urchade</first><last>Zaratiana</last><affiliation>FI Group</affiliation></author>
-      <author><first>Niama</first><last>El khbir</last><affiliation>LIPN, CNRS UMR 7030, France</affiliation></author>
+      <author><first>Niama</first><last>Elkhbir</last><affiliation>LIPN, CNRS UMR 7030, France</affiliation></author>
       <author><first>Pierre</first><last>Holat</last><affiliation>FI Group</affiliation></author>
       <author><first>Nadi</first><last>Tomeh</last><affiliation>LIPN, CNRS UMR 7030, France</affiliation></author>
       <author><first>Thierry</first><last>Charnois</last><affiliation>LIPN, CNRS UMR 7030, France</affiliation></author>
diff --git a/data/xml/2023.arabicnlp.xml b/data/xml/2023.arabicnlp.xml
index 72f872c783..69484ff354 100644
--- a/data/xml/2023.arabicnlp.xml
+++ b/data/xml/2023.arabicnlp.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
     </paper>
     <paper id="12">
       <title>Cross-Dialectal Named Entity Recognition in <fixed-case>A</fixed-case>rabic</title>
-      <author><first>Niama</first><last>El Elkhbir</last></author>
+      <author><first>Niama</first><last>Elkhbir</last></author>
       <author><first>Urchade</first><last>Zaratiana</last></author>
       <author><first>Nadi</first><last>Tomeh</last></author>
       <author><first>Thierry</first><last>Charnois</last></author>
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@
     </paper>
     <paper id="89">
       <title><fixed-case>LIPN</fixed-case> at <fixed-case>W</fixed-case>ojood<fixed-case>NER</fixed-case> shared task: A Span-Based Approach for Flat and Nested <fixed-case>A</fixed-case>rabic Named Entity Recognition</title>
-      <author><first>Niama</first><last>El Khbir</last></author>
+      <author><first>Niama</first><last>Elkhbir</last></author>
       <author><first>Urchade</first><last>Zaratiana</last></author>
       <author><first>Nadi</first><last>Tomeh</last></author>
       <author><first>Thierry</first><last>Charnois</last></author>
diff --git a/data/yaml/name_variants.yaml b/data/yaml/name_variants.yaml
index d758d6889a..a87ab0cec8 100644
--- a/data/yaml/name_variants.yaml
+++ b/data/yaml/name_variants.yaml
@@ -2805,6 +2805,9 @@
   variants:
   - {first: Faiza, last: Gara}
   - {first: Faïza, last: Elkateb-Gara}
+- canonical: {first: Niama, last: El Khbir}
+  variants:
+  - {first: Niama, last: Elkhbir}
 - canonical: {first: John, last: Elliott}
   variants:
   - {first: John, last: Elliot}