Creator Bio
Sasson Somekh
1933–2019
Born in Baghdad, Sasson Somekh moved to Israel in 1951. A scholar and translator, he was a professor of modern Arab literature at Tel Aviv University and among the founders of the Arab Language Academy in Israel in 2007. He was the author of ten books, many translations of poetry, and a number of scholarly articles. Somekh received the Israel Prize in 2005.
Content by Sasson Somekh
Primary Source
Baghdad, Yesterday: Sasson Somekh’s Memoir of Jewish Life in Iraq
Sasson Somekh’s memoir reflects on Jewish life in 20th-century Iraq—its culture, turmoil, and the mass migration to Israel.