Iraqi-born Israeli author and human rights activist (1926–2024)
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Sami Michael
סמי מיכאל
Michael in 2007
Born
Kamal Salah
(1926-08-15)15 August 1926
Baghdad, Iraq
Died
1 April 2024(2024-04-01) (aged 97)
Haifa, Israel
Citizenship
Israeli Iraqi (till 1950)
Occupation(s)
Author; was President of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI).
Spouse
Rachel Yonah Michael
Partner(s)
Malka Rachel Yona
Children
Dikla Amir
Awards
1992 Hans Christian Andersen Award
2001 special prize by Society for International Development (SID), United Nations and Italian Association for the Promotion of Peace in the Middle East (AISI), Italy
2004 Brenner Prize
2005 The President and The Hebrew University Prize
2007 EMET Prize
2012 ACUM Lifetime Achievement Award for literature
Honorary doctorates from The Hebrew University, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa
Sami Michael (Hebrew: סמי מיכאל, Arabic: سامي ميخائيل; 15 August 1926 – 1 April 2024) was an Israeli author, having migrated from Iraq to Israel at the age of 23. From 2001, Michael was the President of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI).
Michael was among the first in Israel to call for the creation of an independent Palestinian state to exist alongside Israel. In his novels, Michael writes about the aspirations and struggles of both Jews and Arabs. This new approach in modern Hebrew literature was controversial and has been widely discussed in universities and in the media. Michael was awarded the EMET Prize in 2007. Michael defined himself not as a Zionist, but as an Israeli in order to make room for the inclusion of all citizens in Israel.
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Iraq, and taught at the Baghdad School of Architecture for many years. SamiMichael Iraqi-Israeli author, first in Israel to call for the creation of an...
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