Shlaim, Avi

Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew

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ISBN 13:
9780861548101
author:
Shlaim, Avi
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Oneworld Publications
language:
English
Publication Year:
2024
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
19.8 x 13 x 2.1 centimetres (0.2
Genre:
Religion, Judaism, General,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 4 working days
£11.91

Description

Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew is a unique coming-of-age story from the lost world of Arab-Jews. In 1950, Avi Shlaim and his family were forced into exile, fleeing their beloved Iraq to the new state of Israel. This memoir breathes life into an almost forgotten world, weaving together the personal and the political to offer a fresh perspective on Arab-Jews caught in the crossfire of Zionism and nationalism.

Shlaim's family had many Muslim friends in Baghdad and no interest in Zionism, yet they faced an uncertain future when they fled to Israel. Their history was rewritten to serve a Zionist narrative, a phenomenon that Shlaim tears up in this book. A beautifully written account that artfully blends the personal with the political, Three Worlds is a gripping and fascinating memoir that brings back to life a lost world in Iraq.

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