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When we were Arabs : a Jewish family's forgotten history / Massoud Hayoun.
Van Pelt Library DS113.8.S4 H39 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayoun, Massoud, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural fusion.
- North Africans.
- Mizrahim.
- Egypt.
- Hayoun, Massoud--Childhood and youth.
- Hayoun, Massoud.
- Mizrahim--Biography.
- North Africans--Egypt--Biography.
- Cultural fusion--Egypt.
- Jews--Identity.
- Jews.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : New Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- 1 Origins p. 17
- 2 The Nation p. 53
- 3 La Rupture / The Rupture p. 95
- 4 Exile p. 155
- 5 Darkness p. 191
- 6 Memory p. 225.
- Notes:
- "A vivid account of Massoud Hayoun's grandparents' lives in Egypt, Tunisia, France, Palestine, and Los Angeles, in which he reclaims his family's Jewish Arab identity"--From the publisher.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Arab American Book Award - The Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award, Winner, 2020
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Christine Hikawa Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781620974162
- 1620974169
- OCLC:
- 1076371785
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