Locked Doors
Subtitle: The Seizure of Jewish Property in Arab Countries
Contributors: Rachel Neiman (Translator)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: August 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780275971342
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Jewish studies; History - General History; History: World; Politics/International Relations; Islamic countries; Middle East; Ethnic Studies - General; Middle East - General; History / Middle East; 20th century; Arab countries; Arab-Israeli conflict; Confiscations and Contributions; History; Jewish property
First sentence: They were nights that the Jews of Baghdad would never forget.
Description: "As Itamar Levin shows in this survey, the Jews of Iraq were forced to give up their citizenship in order to obtain permission to leave. Their property was then seized. The Jews of Egypt were deported after the Sinai Crisis, leaving their possessions behind. Through the years the Jews of Syria have been gradually stripped of their belongings. Levin estimates that the total value of the Jewish property lost in Arab countries is some $6 to $10 billion.

No compensation was ever paid to the tens of thousands of Jews who lost their homes, jobs, savings, and property. Locked Doors is a must read for anyone interested in the modern Middle East and the negotiations for a final settlement between the Arabs and Israelis."--BOOK JACKET.