Bøker av Shimon Ballas

A unique feature on Iraqi Jewish writers. For centuries, Iraqi Jews were key contributors to Iraq's rich social and cultural tapestry before a tragic end with the massive transfer-emigration and forced displacement of Iraqi Jews in the 1950s to Israel. Texts of universal questions of belonging, exile and diaspora, translated from Arabic and Hebrew.

"Tells more about Iraq than many commentaries being offered up these days." --Le Monde