# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basem-khandakji
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:48:25.453Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basem-khandakji"
name: "Basem Khandakji"
slug: "basem-khandakji"
description: "Basem Khandakji is a Palestinian writer who was born in 1983. When he was 20, he was convicted in his role in helping to kill three people. His novel, written while in prison, A Mask, the Color of the Sky won the Arabic Booker Prize in 2024."
tagline: "Palestinian poet and writer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1983-12-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.52
  momentum:             12.35294117647059
  historical:           7.895286666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bassem_khandaqji/"
    handle:    "bassem_khandaqji"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "باسم خندقجي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Basim Khandaqji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basem_Khandakji"
    title: "Basem Khandakji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basim_Khandaqji"
    title: "Basim Khandaqji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basem_Khandakji"
    title: "Basem Khandakji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassem_Khandakji"
    title: "Bassem Khandakji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basim_Khandaqji"
    title: "Basim Khandaqji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%9D_%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A7%D7%92'%D7%99"
    title: "באסם חנדקג'י"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump