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The last Jews in Baghdad : remembering a lost homeland /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rejwan, Nissim
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2004]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Rejwan, Nissim.
Jews > Iraq > Baghdad > Biography.
Jews > Iraq > Baghdad > Social life and customs.
Jews > Iraq > Baghdad > Social conditions > 20th century.
Baghdad (Iraq) > Ethnic relations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • In old Baghdad
  • The Rejwan tribe
  • Mother and the placebo effect
  • Naʻīma
  • Early initiations
  • Schooling
  • The great crash and US
  • Hesqail Abul ʻAlwa hires a helper
  • Living in sexual deprivation
  • Idle days
  • Distorted visions
  • Rashid ʻAli's coup and its aftermath
  • Bookshop days
  • A deepening friendship
  • The start : movies, book reviews
  • Out in the cold
  • Disposing of a library
  • End of a community
  • Farewells and reunions.