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

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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:

Notable people named Bassam

Bassam Frangieh Bassam Frangieh (Arabic: بسام فرنجيه) is a scholar of contemporary Arabic literature and culture. He is best known for his pedagogical innovations in the study of the Arabic language, as well as his translations of modern Arabic poets ...

(born 1950), scholar of Arabic literature and culture *

Bassam Jamous Bassam Jamous is a Syrian archaeologist and general director of the Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums (DGAM) in Damascus, Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Ara ...

, Syrian archaeologist *

Bassam Kousa Bassam Kousa ( ar, بسام كوسا; born 7 November 1954 in Aleppo) is a Syrian film and TV actor. He played many important roles in popular TV series including ''Bab al-Hara'' and '' Old Times''. He is also an accomplished film actor. Persona ...

(born 1963), Syrian actor *

Bassam Abdel Majeed Bassam Abdel Majeed (; ar, بسام عبد المجيد ) (born 1950) is a Syrian military officer, politician and diplomat of Circassian origin. Early life and education Majeed is of Circassian origin, and was born into a Sunni Muslim family ...

(born 1950), Syrian minister * Bassam Abdullah bin Bushar al-Nahdi (born 1976), Yemeni wanted by the US FBI *

Bassam Saba Bassam Saba (26 October 19584 December 2020) was a Lebanese musician and a promoter of Arabic music in the west. He was a co-founder of the New York Arabic Orchestra and the director of Lebanon's national conservatory of music. He died of complica ...

(1958–2020), Lebanese musician *

Bassam Shakaa Bassam Shakaa ( ar, بسّام الشكعة, Bassām Shak’ā) (1930 – 22 July 2019) was mayor of Nablus from 1976 to 1982. Biography Bassam Shakaa was a member of one of the most distinguished families in Nablus. He became a member of the J ...

(born 1930), Palestinian politician * Bassam as-Salhi (born 1960), General Secretary of the Palestinian People's Party * Bassam Abu Sharif (born 1946), Palestinian politician *

Bassam el-Shammaa Bassam El Shammaa is a researcher in Egyptology and senior tour guide. Save the Sphinx campaign Shammaa, having expressed concern for the conditions in which the Sphinx monument and its surroundings exist, began an awareness campaign online dur ...

(born 1962), Egyptian Egyptologist *

Bassam Al-Soukaria Bassam Al-Soukaria (; May 14, 1580 – April 13, 1667) was a Lebanese army commander-in-chief, son of Prince Nazim el Maany from the Maan Druze dynasty. Bassam Al-Soukaria is considered one of the most powerful army commanders to rule Mount L ...

(1580–1667), Lebanese army commander *

Bassam Tahhan Bassam Tahhan is a Syrian-born French professor of Arabic literature and expert on the Quran. he taught at the Henri IV secondary school in Paris. Tahhan advocates a Protestant reformation in Islam. He defines a "Protestant Islam," as "Islam that a ...

, professor of Arabic literature *

Bassam Talhouni Bassam Talhouni ( ar, بسام التلهوني; born 1964) is a Jordanian lawyer, academic and politician. He served as industry minister. Between August 2013 and September 2016 he was minister of justice. Talhouni served as minister of just ...

, Jordanian lawyer, academic and politician *

Bassam Tibi Bassam Tibi ( ar, بسام طيبي), is a Syrian-born German political scientist and professor of international relations specializing in Islamic studies and Middle Eastern studies. He was born in 1944 in Damascus, Syria to an aristocratic famil ...

(born 1944), Syrian-German political scientist *

Bassam Yammine Bassam Yammine (Arabic: بسام يمين; born 1968) is a Lebanese economist and former CEO of Credit Suisse Saudi Arabia. Early life and education Yammine was born into a Maronites, Maronite family. He obtained bachelor of arts and master's d ...

(born 1968), Lebanese businessman *

Bassam Zuamut Bassam Zuamut ( ar, بسام زعمط, he, בסאם זועמוט; March 27, 1951 – October 16, 2004) was a Palestinian Israeli Arab actor and screenwriter. Biography Zuamut was born in Jerusalem. He studied acting at Beth Rothschild. Zuamut p ...

(1951–2004), Israeli Arab Actor

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* 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 Sulayman Al-Bassam, (1 June 1972), is a Kuwaiti playwright and theatre director, and founder of Zaoum theatre company (London 1996-2001) and its Arabic arm Sulayman Al-Bassam Theatre Kuwait (2002). From The Royal Shakespeare Company in the UK ...

, (born 1972), Anglo-Kuwaiti playwright

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