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Last days in Babylon : the history of a family, the story of a nation / Marina Benjamin.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks DS135.I713 B463 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benjamin, Marina.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Benjamin, Marina.
- Jews--Iraq--Baghdad--Biography.
- Jews.
- Jews--Iraq--Baghdad--Social conditions--20th century.
- Social conditions.
- Iraq--Description and travel.
- Iraq.
- Baghdad (Iraq)--Biography.
- Baghdad (Iraq).
- Iraq--Baghdad.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Free Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- Acclaimed author Marina Benjamin explores through a personal narrative of her own family the odyssey--and ultimate exile--of the Jews in Iraq. 16 pp. of photos. Family tree. Map. Notes.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Lost World
- 1 Bloodlines 3
- 2 Baghdad 13
- 3 Jews and Pomegranates 27
- 4 Very Nice to Meet You 42
- 5 Women's Secrets 57
- 6 Independence 73
- Part 2 Changing Times
- 7 Arabs Before Muslims 89
- 8 Writing on the Wall 106
- 9 Brothers 126
- 10 Three Evils 145
- 11 A Fair Exchange 162
- 12 Last Train to Basra 175
- Part 3 Full Circle
- 13 Anniversary 195
- 14 The Last Jews of Baghdad 214
- 15 Great Expectations 229.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-277) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0743258436
- OCLC:
- 69332342
- Publisher Number:
- 9780743258432
- Online:
- Publisher description
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