The Strangers We Became: Lessons in Exile from One of Iraq's Last Jews
(Part of the The HBI Series on Jewish Women Series)
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This riveting and utterly unique memoir chronicles the coming of age of Cynthia Shamash, an Iraqi Jew born in Baghdad in 1963. When she was eight, her family tried to escape Iraq over the Iranian border, but they were captured and jailed for five weeks. Upon release, they were returned to their home in Baghdad, where most of their belongings had been confiscated and the door of their home sealed with wax. They moved in with friends and applied for...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1611688051
ISBN13:9781611688054
Release Date:October 2015
Publisher:Brandeis University Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 9.2"
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