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Rejwan, Nissim.

The last Jews in Baghdad : remembering a lost homeland / Nissim Rejwan ; foreword by Joel Beinin. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, c2004. - xxii, 242 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Notes bibliogr. index.

In old Baghdad -- The Rejwan tribe -- Mother and the placebo effect -- Na°åima -- Early initiations -- Schooling -- The great crash and US -- Hesqail Abul °Alwa hires a helper -- Living in sexual deprivation -- Idle days -- Distorted visions -- Rashid °Ali's coup and its aftermath -- Bookshop days -- A deepening friendship -- The start : movies, book reviews -- Out in the cold -- Disposing of a library -- End of a community -- Farewells and reunions.

ISBN: 0292702930 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780292702936 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2004004110

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA471619 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013006968 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Rejwan, Nissim.
Rejwan, Nissim--Biographies.
Rejwan (famille)--Biographies.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Jews--Iraq--Baghdad--Biography.
Jews--Social life and customs.--Iraq--Baghdad
Jews--Social conditions--Iraq--Baghdad--20th century.
Dagelijks leven.
Joden.
Soziale Situation.
Juifs--Irak--20e siáecle.
Juifs--Irak--Bagdad (Irak)--20e siáecle.
Juifs--Conditions sociales--Irak--Bagdad (Irak)--20e siáecle.
Juifs--Moeurs et coutumes--Irak--Bagdad (Irak)--20e siáecle.
Juifs irakiens--Israèel--1945- ...

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Baghdad (Iraq)--Ethnic relations.
Juden.
Bagdad.
Irak--Relations interethniques--20e siáecle.
Irak--Vie intellectuelle--20e siáecle.
Bagdad (Irak)--Relations interethniques--20e siáecle.

LC Class. No.: DS135.I713 / R447 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 956.7/47004924/092 B