The Mellah of Marrakesh: Jewish and Muslim Space in Morocco's Red City (Indiana Series in Middle East Studies)
This book situates the history of what was once the largest Jewish quarterin the Arab world in its historical and geographical contexts. Althoughframed by coverage of both earlier and later periods, the book focuses onthe late 19th century, a time when both the vibrancy of the mellah and thepatterns of inter-communal relations that took place within its walls werebeing severely tested. How local Jews and Muslims, as well as residentEuropeans, lived through the big political, economic, and social changesof the pre- and early colonial periods is reconstructed in Emily Gottreich’snarrative.Joseph Haberer, Book Review Editor, SHOFAR, Spring 2008 Vol 26, 3