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Naim Kattan - Farewell, Babylon: Coming of Age in Jewish Bagdad

Jewish Community Center
Houston, TX

Award-winning novelist and poet, Naim Kattan takes readers into the heart of exotic mid-19th-century Bagdad's then-teeming Jewish community. Jews had lived in Iraq for 25 centuries, long before the time of Jesus or Muhammad, but anti-Semitism and nationalism were on the rise. In this beautifully written memoir, a young boy comes of age and describes his discoveries--of work, literature, patriotism, and the joys of lazy Sunday swimming in the Tigris. This is a story of roots and exile, of thirst for life and life's experiences. However, more than that, it is a tribute to a lost world, an ancient Eastern city in which Iraq's Kurds, Bedouins, Sunnis, Shiites, Chaldeans, Catholics, and Jews all lived together in a rough, rewarding sort of harmony.

Note: Naim Katta - Farewell, Babylon: Coming of Age in Jewish Bagdad, Tuesday, November 6, 2007 @ 6:15 PM

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