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.