My Father's Paradise : : a Son's Search for his Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq
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A note on method -- Introduction -- Zakho -- Israel -- Aramaic -- Yale -- Father and son -- The return -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Selected bibliography.
My Father's Paradise is Ariel Sabar's quest to reconcile present and past. As Ariel's father, Yona, travels with him to today's postwar Iraq to find what's left of Yona's birthplace, Ariel brings to life the ancient town of Zakho, telling his family's story and discovering his own role in this sweeping saga. What he finds in the Sephardic Jews' millennia-long survival in Islamic lands is an improbable story of tolerance and hope.
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PUBLISHED
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: v344 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781565124905
9781565129337
SUBJECTS
Sabar, Yona.
Sabar, Ariel.
Jews, Kurdish -- Zākhū.
Jews, Kurdish -- Israel.
Jews, Kurdish.