My father's paradise a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq
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 sweep...
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Chapel Hill, N.C. :
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2008.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a My father's paradise : |b a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq / |c Ariel Sabar. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a Chapel Hill, N.C. : |b Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, |c 2008. | ||
| 300 | |a viii, 332 p. : |b ill., map ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-332). | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a A note on method -- Introduction -- Zakho -- Israel -- Aramaic -- Yale -- Father and son -- The return -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Selected bibliography. | |
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| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Sabar, Ariel. |
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