Last Days in Babylon: The History of a Family, the Story of a Nation
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (603 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743258436 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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(Oct. A moneychanger's bright and opinionated daughter, Regina was married off (and deflowered semipublicly as tradition dictated) to a virtual stranger, a prosperous merchant 30 years her senior whose ancestor was the Persian Jewish doctor for an 18th-century shah. 3)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly Through the events of her late maternal grandmother's life, British journalist Benjamin tells the saga of the Iraqi Jews, who arrived during the Assyrian and Babylonian exiles from Judea in the eighth and sixth centuries B.C. Benjamin (Rocket Dreams) honors her family by vivifying a once-thriving community that has dispersed worldwide, leaving only 12 souls struggling for survival in present-day war-torn Baghdad. and were once Iraq's largest and wealthiest ethnic minority. Photos. Born in 1905 in the waning days of the Ottoman Empi
Biography, Autobiography, Jewish Studies
"A good mix of geneal and family history" according to Arithmomaniac. This history of Iraqi Jews in the 20th century is remarkable not just because of how well the author covers the topic (even traveling there after the US invasion to meet the last two dozen Jews), but because she skillfully weaves it with her own family history in a manner that is easy to read, yet feels natural. Recommended for anyone interested in Jewish History.. Couldn't finish it Firstly this was written in the most boring and colourless way possible-she is poor in her descriptive powers and fails to capture the colour and spirit of the narrative.Secondly she makes no bones about her disgusting prejudice against Zionism and the restoration of the Jews to their homeland.She even at one point RIDICULOUSLY asserted that the Arabs got the "short straw in the deal" of the 19Couldn't finish it Gary Selikow Firstly this was written in the most boring and colourless way possible-she is poor in her descriptive powers and fails to capture the colour and spirit of the narrative.Secondly she makes no bones about her disgusting prejudice against Zionism and the restoration of the Jews to their homeland.She even at one point RIDICULOUSLY asserted that the Arabs got the "short straw in the deal" of the 1947 partition plan ignoring that 78% of the original Palestine mand. 7 partition plan ignoring that 78% of the original Palestine mand. Valued Addition Despite Vexing Political Commentary Search For Nuance In the "Last Days of Babylon," Marina Benjamin provides a valued addition to the literature on the Iraqi Jewish community, both as a history and as a family memoir. Given its human perspective, the book is accessible, engaging and offers a more intimate portrait of Iraqi Jews, especially of the role of women in society, than any academic work could present.Benjamin would better serve her audience though if she did not feel the need to offer her "unabashedly l
Marina Benjamin has worked as a journalist for fifteen years. . She was arts editor of the New Statesman and deputy arts editor at the London Evening Standard, and she has written columns for the Daily Express and for Scotland on Sunday. Her last book, Rocket Dreams, was shortlisted for the Eugene Emme Literature Award. Marina lives in London with her husband and daughter