# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wasif-jawhariyyeh
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:21:18.248Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wasif-jawhariyyeh"
name: "Wasif Jawhariyyeh"
slug: "wasif-jawhariyyeh"
description: "Wasif Jawhariyyeh was a Palestinian composer, oud player, poet and chronicler. He is known for his memoirs, The Diaries of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, that spans over six decades from 1904 to 1968, covering Jerusalem's turbulent modern history, including four regimes and five wars. British Member of Parliament Layla Moran is his great-granddaughter."
tagline: "Palestinian writer and musician (1897-1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wasif_Jawhariyyeh_with_father.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1897-01-14"
deathDate: "1972"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.679086666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasif_Jawhariyyeh"
    title: "Wasif Jawhariyyeh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9"
    title: "واصف جوهرية"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87"
    title: "واصف جوهريه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasif_Jawhariyyeh"
    title: "Wasif Jawhariyyeh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasif_Jawhariyyeh"
    title: "Wasif Jawhariyyeh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A3_%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94"
    title: "ואסיף ג'והריה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5880798"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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