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The Flying Camel: Essays on Identity by Women of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Heritage

by Loolwa Khazzoom (Editor)

Other authors: Yael Arami (Contributor), Mira Eliezer (Contributor), Farideh Dayanim Goldin (Contributor), Julie Iny (Contributor), Henriette Dahan Kalev (Contributor)12 more, Loolwa Khazzoom (Contributor), Lital Levy (Contributor), Tikva Levy (Contributor), Mojgan Moghadam-Rahbar (Contributor), Bahareh Mobasseri Rinsler (Contributor), Homa Sarshar (Contributor), Ruth Knafo Setton (Contributor), Ella Shohat (Contributor), Caroline Smadja (Contributor), Kyla Wazana Tompkins (Contributor), Rachel Wabha (Contributor), Gina Bublil Waldman (Contributor)

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Many of us have stereotypes of what Jewish" looks like-and for many of us that image is white and European. Yet with the blossoming Jewish multiculturalism movement, led by the dynamic Loolwa Khazzoom, the myth of a "monolithic Jewish community" is about to be debunked. Focusing on the experiences of Jewish women of two rich and varied regions, At Home in Exile reveals the hidden worlds of Jewish women often misunderstood or maligned by both the cultures in which they live and the European-Jewish community. Stories include one woman and her family's flight from persecution in Libya, a writer's exploration of the category "Arab Jew," and a light-skinned, Moroccan-born woman trying to "pass" in order to gain acceptance among European Jews in Tehran. "… (more)
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this book represents one of the few out there that highlight the perspectives of mizrachi women. it is staggering that these perspecives are so incredibly marginalized. if you think all jews are white and from europe, i suggest you read this immediately. ( )
  billierain | Aug 15, 2006 |
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Khazzoom, LoolwaEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Arami, YaelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Eliezer, MiraContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Goldin, Farideh DayanimContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Iny, JulieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kalev, Henriette DahanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Khazzoom, LoolwaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Levy, LitalContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Levy, TikvaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Moghadam-Rahbar, MojganContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rinsler, Bahareh MobasseriContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sarshar, HomaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Setton, Ruth KnafoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Shohat, EllaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Smadja, CarolineContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tompkins, Kyla WazanaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wabha, RachelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Waldman, Gina BublilContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Many of us have stereotypes of what Jewish" looks like-and for many of us that image is white and European. Yet with the blossoming Jewish multiculturalism movement, led by the dynamic Loolwa Khazzoom, the myth of a "monolithic Jewish community" is about to be debunked. Focusing on the experiences of Jewish women of two rich and varied regions, At Home in Exile reveals the hidden worlds of Jewish women often misunderstood or maligned by both the cultures in which they live and the European-Jewish community. Stories include one woman and her family's flight from persecution in Libya, a writer's exploration of the category "Arab Jew," and a light-skinned, Moroccan-born woman trying to "pass" in order to gain acceptance among European Jews in Tehran. "

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