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Sasson Somekh
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Sasson Somekh ( Hebrew : ששון סומך ; Arabic : ساسون سوميخ ) (1933 – 18 August 2019) was an Iraqi-Israeli academic, writer and translator. He was professor emeritus of Modern Arab Literature at Tel Aviv University .
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professor emeritus of modern arab
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iraqi-israeli academic
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