Shmuel Moreh

Shmuel Moreh
שמואל מורה
BornDecember 22, 1932
Baghdad, Iraq
DiedSeptember 22, 2017(2017-09-22) (aged 84)
AwardsIsrael Prize in Middle Eastern studies (1999)
Academic work
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem

Shmuel Moreh (Hebrew: שמואל מורה; December 22, 1932 – September 22, 2017) was a professor of Arabic language and literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a recipient of the Israel Prize in Middle Eastern studies in 1999. He authored numerous books and articles on Arabic literature, with particular attention to Iraqi Jewish Arabic literature, and was a contributor to Elaph, the first independent online daily journal in the Arabic language. Moreh wrote in Arabic, Hebrew, and English.

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