HBI Series on Jewish Women: The Strangers We Became : Lessons in Exile from One of Iraq's Last Jews (Hardcover)

from KamGeb

This was a memoir about a Jewish woman born in Iraq whose family managed to escape when she was a child. The story starts with their first failed attempt at escaping Iraq. The story then follows her family as they successfully escape from Iraq and live as refugees. While the author lived briefly ...

from dele2451

An interesting perspective on the various ways we craft our personal/cultural identity.

from chutzpanit

What a beautifully written book! I very much enjoy reading about modern journeys people take and I read this book during Passover, the Jewish story of exodus. This was a timely tale and a beautifully written narrative about this woman's journey out of Iraq and to where she is today, struggling st...

from kerinlo

The topic of how we are formed as people has always fascinated me. I enjoyed Shamash's memoir because it embraces the idea that we are made of our experiences- that what we do with those experiences and how we use them helps define us. I had very little knowledge of the Jewish population in Iraq ...

from jeanie1

This is a good read. Well written, heartfelt and honest. It's not easy to leave everything behind for a better life but Shamash tells a story of forced migration and how she responds and tries to understand different cultures-some times successfully, sometimes not. The only reason I did not give ...