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Paperback / softback. New. <p>A unique coming-of-age story from the lost world of Arab-Jews</p>

Oneworld Pubns Ltd, 2024. Paperback. New. 336 pages. 7.80x5.10x0.84 inches.

Mass Market Paperback. Publisher: Grantham Books Services | 2024 | Mass Market Paperback | 336 sidor ; 20 cm | This book is brand new. | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing their beloved Iraq to the new state of Israel. 'Remarkable.' Max Hastings, THE SUNDAY TIMES Today the once flourishing Jewish community of Iraq, at one time numbering over 130,000 and tracing its history back 2,600 years, has all but vanished. Why so? One explanation speaks of the timeless clash between Arab and Jewish civilisations and a heroic Zionist mission to rescue Eastern Jews from backward nations and unceasing persecution. Avi Shlaim tears up this script. His parents had many Muslim friends in Baghdad and no interest in Zionism. As anti-Semitism surged in Iraq, the Zionist underground fanned the flames. Yet when Iraqi Jews fled to Israel, they faced an uncertain future, their history was rewritten to serve a Zionist… Read More

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