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Iraqi-born Israeli author and human rights activist (–)

Sami Michael (Hebrew: סמי מיכאל, Arabic: سامي ميخائيل; 15 August – 1 April ) was an Israeli Iraqi author, having migrated from Iraq to Israel at the age of From , Michael was the President of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI).

Michael was among the first in Israel to call for the creation of an independent Palestinian state to exist alongside Israel. In his novels, Michael writes about the aspirations and struggles of both Jews and Arabs.

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This new approach in modern Hebrew literature was controversial and has been widely discussed in universities and in the media. Michael was awarded the EMET Prize in Michael defined himself not as a Zionist, but as an Israeli in order to make room for the inclusion of all citizens in Israel.

Background

Born as Kamal Salah, Sami Michael was the firstborn of a large, secular, Jewish family in Baghdad, where his father was a merchant. Michael grew up an