Bassem
Appearance
Bassem is a common Arabic name meaning "one who smiles". A more accurate spelling in English would be "Basem" as there is no stress (ar:شدة (لغة)) on the "s" syllable in the Arabic original. People with that name include:
- Bassem Amin (born 1988), Egyptian chess player
- Bassem Awadallah (born 1964), Jordanian public figure
- Bassem Balaa (born 1981), Lebanese basketball player
- Bassem Ben Nasser (born 1982), Tunisian footballer
- Bassem Boulaâbi (born 1984), Tunisian footballer
- Bassem Breish, Lebanese film director and writer
- Bassem Eid (born 1958), Palestinian human rights activist
- Bassem Feghali (born 1978), Lebanese comedian and drag queen
- Bassem Hamad al-Dawiri (?–2007), Iraqi sculptor and artist
- Bassem Hassan Mohammed (born 1987), Qatari equestrian
- Bassem Ouda (born 1970), Egyptian politician
- Bassem Sabry (1982–2014), Egyptian journalist and civil rights campaigner
- Bassem Srarfi (born 1997), Tunisian footballer
- Bassem al-Tamimi (born 1967), Palestinian activist
- Bassem Yakhour (born 1971), Syrian actor, writer and director
- Bassem Youssef, Egyptian political satirist
- Bassem Youssef (FBI agent), Egyptian-American law enforcement
official
- Bassem Alshebli (Born 1983)