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

Title
My father's paradise : a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq / Ariel Sabar.
Author
Sabar, Ariel.
Publication
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008.
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Description
viii, 332 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
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.
Subject
  • Sabar, Yona
  • Sabar, Ariel
  • Jews, Kurdish > Iraq > Zākhū
  • Jews, Kurdish > Israel
  • Jews, Kurdish > United States
  • Jews, Kurdish
  • Iraq > Zākhū
  • Israel
  • United States
Genre/Form
Personal narratives.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-332).
Awards (note)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award, Autobiography.
Contents
A note on method -- Introduction -- Zakho -- Israel -- Aramaic -- Yale -- Father and son -- The return -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Selected bibliography.
Call Number
*PWZ (Sabar, A.) 08-154
ISBN
  • 9781565124905
  • 1565124901
LCCN
2008024811
OCLC
226356853
Author
Sabar, Ariel.
Title
My father's paradise : a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq / Ariel Sabar.
Imprint
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-332).
Awards
National Book Critics Circle Award, Autobiography.
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Online version: Sabar, Ariel. My father's paradise. 1st ed. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008 (OCoLC)1243276404
Research Call Number
*PWZ (Sabar, A.) 08-154
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