We Look Like the Enemy The Hidden Story of Israel's Jews from Arab Lands

Name: We Look Like the Enemy The Hidden Story of Israel's Jews from Arab Lands
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ISBN: 9780802717665

ISBN-10: 0802717667

ISBN-13: 9780802717665

Edition: 2010

Authors: Rachel Shabi

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Ethnic bias against Middle Eastern Jews within Israel has far-reaching implications for the whole region.Middle Eastern Jews from Egypt, Morocco, Iraq, Yemen, and other Arab or Muslim lands"Mizrahis"make up nearly half of Israel's population. Yet European or "Ashkenazi" Jews have historically disparaged them for looking like Arabs, speaking Arabic, and bringing with them what was viewed as a "backward" Middle Eastern culture. Journalist Rachel Shabi, who was born in Israel to Iraqi Jews and grew up in England, returned to investigate the subtle discrimination and tense relations that still exist between Mizrahi and Ashkenazi Jews in Israel. She combines historical research, her own family's…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 12/22/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English



Prologue



Veiling Its Face



Meet the Family



Development Towns



Babylon Calling



Talk This Way



Everyone Deserves Music



Made to Fail



The Ethnic Demon



We Are Not Arabs!


Afterword


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index