# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/said-sheikh-samatar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:30:32.886Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/said-sheikh-samatar"
name: "Said Sheikh Samatar"
slug: "said-sheikh-samatar"
description: "Said Sheikh Samatar was a Somali scholar and writer."
tagline: "Somalian scholar (1943-2015)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943"
deathDate: "2015-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.05
  momentum:             6.315789473684211
  historical:           6.810368
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siciid_Sheekh_Samatar"
    title: "Siciid Sheekh Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE_%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "سعيد الشيخ سمتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE_%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "سعيد الشيخ سمتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Said_Sheikh_Samatar"
    title: "Said Sheikh Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Said_Sheikh_Samatar"
    title: "Said Sheikh Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Said_Sheikh_Samatar"
    title: "Said Sheikh Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Said_Sheikh_Samatar"
    title: "Said Sheikh Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Said_Sheikh_Samatar"
    title: "Said Sheikh Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2212154"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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