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My father's paradise : a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq / Ariel Sabar

By:

Sabar, Ariel

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill , 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 332 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:

9781565124905

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.8924 SAB

LOC classification:

DS135.K8 S23 2008

Contents:

A note on method -- Introduction -- Zakho -- Israel -- Aramaic -- Yale -- Father and son -- The return -- Conclusion -- Paradise lost -- Ice-blended mocha -- Saba's music -- Acknowledgements.

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	305.8924 SAB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Expurgado/No disponible		038332

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A note on method -- Introduction -- Zakho -- Israel -- Aramaic -- Yale -- Father and son -- The return -- Conclusion -- Paradise lost -- Ice-blended mocha -- Saba's music -- Acknowledgements.

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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