# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sasson-somekh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:47:54.494Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sasson-somekh"
name: "Sasson Somekh"
slug: "sasson-somekh"
description: "Sasson Somekh was an Iraqi-Israeli academic, writer and translator. He was professor emeritus of Modern Arab Literature at Tel Aviv University."
tagline: "Iraqi-Israeli Arabist and translator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sasson_Somekh.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1933-09-21"
deathDate: "2019-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.333333333333333
  historical:           10.07897866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ששון סומך"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ساسون سوميخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ساسون سوميخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "সাসন সোমেখ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sasson Somekh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasson_Somekh"
    title: "Sasson Somekh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasson_Somekh"
    title: "Sasson Somekh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasson_Somekh"
    title: "Sasson Somekh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ששון סומך"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sasson Somekh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сомех, Сассон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasson_Somekh"
    title: "Sasson Somekh"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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