“It sometimes happens to me while writing, that I seek a word; mischievous as it is it appears in English, it appears in Arabic, but refuses to come in Hebrew. To some extent I made up my Hebrew. Unquestionably, the influence of Arabic is dominant, my syntax is almost Arabic.”
Quote by Sami Michael
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Sami Michael
Sami Michael is an Israeli author born on August 15, 1926, in Baghdad, Iraq. He is a prominent voice in contemporary Hebrew literature, known for writing about Jewish refugees from Arab countries who migrated to Israel. His works explore the experiences of Mizrahi Jews, focusing on their displacement, cultural identity, and integration into Israeli society. Michael has published several novels and short story collections that have been translated into multiple languages. more