Shmuel Moreh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shmuel Moreh

Israeli writer

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1932

Place of Birth: Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq

Date of Death: 22-Sep-2017

Profession: poet, orientalist, literary theorist

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Shmuel Moreh (Hebrew: ????? ?????; 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.
In addition to having written many books and articles dealing with Arabic literature in general and Iraqi Jewish Arabic literature in particular, he has been a major contributor to Elaph, the first online daily independent journal in the Arabic language.
Professor Moreh wrote in Arabic, Hebrew, and English.