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This article is about the Arabic male given name. For the British professional association for sports medicine (BASEM), see British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine.

Basem (Arabic: باسم) is an Arabic male given name. Notable people with this name include:

• Basem Al-Montashari (born 1990), Saudi Arabian football player
• Basem Al-Sherif (born 1984), Saudi football player
• Basem Ali (born 1988), Egyptian football player
• Basem Atallah (born 1989), Saudi Arabian football player
• Basem Darwisch (born 1966), Egyptian–German composer, producer and oud virtuoso
• Basem Eid (born 1990), Egyptian football player
• Basem Eltahhan (born 1982), Egyptian snooker player
• Basem Fathi (born 1982), Jordanian football player
• Basem Khandakji (born 1983), Palestinian journalist and prisoner
• Basem Morsy (born 1992), Egyptian football player
• Basem Naim (born 1963), Palestinian politician