| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture |
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Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
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| Contents |
Introduction : Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff, a cosmopolitan Levantine -- Childhood in Egypt -- Passover in Egypt -- Such is Rachel -- Journey to a better land -- A line in the sand -- Maadi -- Alexandria -- Cairo wedding -- Europe from afar -- A culture stillborn -- To live and die a Copt -- Wake of the waves -- Reunion in Beersheba -- A letter from Mama Camouna -- Rebel, my brother -- Israel : ambivalent Levantine -- To remember Alexandria -- My brother Ishmael : on the visit of Anwar Sadat -- Welcome, Sadat -- Afterword : from East the sun |
| Summary |
The writings of Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff (1917-1979) offer a refreshing reassessment of Arab-Jewish relations in the Middle East. This text embraces the idea of a pluralist, multicultural society and counters the prevailing attitudes and identity politics in the Middle East with the possibility of mutual respect and acceptance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jewish-Arab relations.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Jewish.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- General.
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Jewish-Arab relations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Starr, Deborah A., 1968- editor.
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Somekh, Sasson, editor
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| ISBN |
9780804777889 |
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0804777888 |
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