Sasson SomekhIn Memoriam

Moments Remembered

Photo Gallery

A collection of moments from a life spent in classrooms, archives, and the places he loved.

A portrait of Sasson Somekh
Sasson Somekh's family in Baghdad during his childhood
The Israel Academic Center in Cairo
On the friendship between Naguib Mahfouz and Sasson Somekh
Sasson Somekh in a rocking chair
A wedding portrait from the family archive, Baghdad
A portrait of a man from the family archive, Baghdad
A young child Sasson Somekh on a toy pedal car, Baghdad
A school portrait of Sasson Somekh boy from the family archive, Baghdad
An archival family photograph, Baghdad
Sasson Somekh with colleagues at an academic gathering
A close portrait of Sasson Somekh smoking a pipe
Sasson Somekh recording in a radio studio
Sasson Somekh in front of a mosque in Cairo, Egypt
Sasson Somekh sharing a meal with Naguib Mahfouz
An early photograph of Sasson Somekh with Naguib Mahfouz
Sasson Somekh at a Tel Aviv University event for the Irene Halmos Chair
Sasson Somekh on the Tel Aviv University campus in the 1970s