Bassam

Bassam is an Arabic name and a given name roughly meaning "one who smiles". More accurately, it is the Arabic name "Basem" (often incorrectly written in English as Bassem) that translates to "one who smiles". Basem is the agent noun of the Arabic verb with the root ba-sa-ma, which means to smile. The name "Bassam" is the exaggerated form of the agent noun (Arabic: صيغه مبالغه), and would therefore roughly translates to "one who smiles profusely".

The name is most common in the Levant. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Bassam Shweiki Palestinian political Writer and activist.
• Bassam Abdullah bin Bushar al-Nahdi (born 1976), Yemeni wanted by the US FBI
• Bassam Abdel Majeed (born 1950), Syrian minister
• Bassam Abu Sharif (born 1946), Palestinian politician
• Bassam al-Fara (died 2006), Palestinian politician
• Bassam as-Salhi (born 1960), General Secretary of the Palestinian People's Party
• Bassam el-Shammaa (born 1962), Egyptian Egyptologist
• Bassam Al-Soukaria (1580–1667), Lebanese army commander
• Bassam Frangieh (born 1950), scholar of Arabic literature and culture
• Bassam Jamous, Syrian archaeologist
• Bassam Kousa (born 1963), Syrian actor
• Bassam Shakaa (born 1930), Palestinian politician
• Bassam Shamseldin, Yemeni novelist
• Bassam Tahhan, professor of Arabic literature
• Bassam Talhouni, Jordanian lawyer, academic and politician
• Bassam Tibi (born 1944), Syrian political scientist
• Bassam Zuamut (1951-2004), Israeli Arab Actor
• Bassam Mousa (1987-2019),Arab Actor

Surname

• Ibn Bassam (died 1147), Moorish writer
• Rehab Bassam (born 1977), Egyptian blogger
• Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton (born 1953), British politician
• Sulayman Al-Bassam, (born 1972), Anglo-Kuwaiti playwright

See also

• USC Bassam, Ivorian football club
• Bassem
• Basim (disambiguation)
• Grand-Bassam