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Mizrahi Jewry

Cover of Iraq's Last Jews: Stories of Daily Life, Upheaval, and Escape From Modern Babylon
Non­fic­tion
Iraq’s Last Jews: Sto­ries of Dai­ly Life, Upheaval, and Escape From Mod­ern Babylon
Tamar Morad, Dennis Shasha, and Robert Shasha, eds.
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My Father’s Par­adise: A Son’s Search for his Jew­ish Past in Kur­dish Iraq
Ariel Sabar
Cover of We Look Like the Enemy: The Hidden Story of Israel's Jews from Arab Lands
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We Look Like the Ene­my: The Hid­den Sto­ry of Israel’s Jews from Arab Lands
Rachel Shabi
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Fic­tion
The Sep­tem­bers of Shiraz
Dalia Sofer
Cover of Farewell to Dejla: Stories of Iraqi Jews at Home and in Exile
Fic­tion
Farewell to Dejla: Sto­ries of Iraqi Jews at Home and in Exile
Tova Murad Sadka
Cover of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry: From the Golden Age of Spain to Modern Times
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Sephardic and Mizrahi Jew­ry: From the Gold­en Age of Spain to Mod­ern Times
Zion Zohar, ed.
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Life as a Visitor
Angella M. Nazarian
Cover of Memories of Eden: A Journey Through Jewish Baghdad
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Mem­o­ries of Eden: A Jour­ney Through Jew­ish Baghdad
Violette Shamash; Mira and Tony Roca, eds.
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Fic­tion
Folk­tales of the Jews, Vol­ume 3: Tales from Arab Lands
Dan Ben-Amos, ed and commentator
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