1926
Sami Michael Is Born
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Sami Michael was born Kamal Salah Menashe in Baghdad in 1926. He died in 2024.
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- 1926
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Sami Michael was born in Baghdad in 1926. Haaretz records the name Kamal Salah Menashe, his graduation from Shamash High School in 1945, and his flight from Iraq in 1948 after an arrest warrant. He reached Israel the next year and later settled in Haifa.
He died on 1 April 2024 at the age of 97. From 2001 he was president of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.
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- Famed Israeli Author Sami Michael Dies at 97 · Haaretz · Haaretz View source
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