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005			20240726105103.0
008			181109s2018 nyu o 000 1 eng d
040			_aNT _beng _erda _epn _cNT _dNT _dP@U _dJSTOR
020			_a9780815654612 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
041	1		_aeng _hara
050	0	4	_aPJ7852 _b.T463 2018
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aNaqqāsh, Samīr, _e1
245	1	0	_aTenants and cobwebs /Samir Naqqash ; translated from the Arabic by Sadok Masliyah ; with a foreword by Nancy E. Berg.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aSyracuse, New York : _bSyracuse University Press, _c(c)2018.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aMiddle East literature in translation
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520	0		_aSamir Naqqash's stirring novel Tenants and Cobwebs nostalgically commemorates the lost culture of an ancient Iraqi Jewish minority living amidst a majority Muslim population in 1940s Baghdad. The plot unfolds during a time of great turmoil: the rise of Iraqi nationalism and anti-Jewish sentiment fueled by Nazi propaganda; the Farûd, a bloody pogrom carried out against Jewish residentsof Baghdad in 1941; and the founding of Israel in 1948. These pivotal events profoundly affected Muslim-Jewish relationships, forever changing the nature of the Jewish experience in Iraq and eventually leading to a mass exodus of Iraqi Jews to Israel in 1951.Tenants and Cobwebs deftly narrates the lives of Jewish characters who refuse to leave Baghdad despite these tumultuous times as well as those who are compelled to leave but nonetheless cling to the life they know. While the Jewish residents appear to live peacefully and harmoniously in the same Baghdadapartment complex as their Muslim neighbors, Naqqash gives voice to theirconflicting thoughts and feelings, revealing the deepening tensions between the two groups. His innovative use of Baghdadi Jewish and Muslim dialects captures the complex and nuanced emotions of his characters. Masliyah's skillful translation gives English-language readers access to one of the most imaginativeand ambitious Middle Eastern authors of the twentieth century.
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650		0	_aJews _zIraq _vFiction.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
700	1		_aMasliyah, Sadok Heskel, _d1934- _etrl
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1814843&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell