The flying camel
Subtitle: essays on identity by women of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish heritage
By: edited by Loolwa Khazzoom.
Contributors: Khazzoom, Loolwa.
Series: Live girls
Publisher: Seal Press; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York; [Emeryville, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Jewish women -- Africa, North.; Jewish women -- Middle East.; Jews -- Africa, North -- Identity.; Jews -- Middle East -- Identity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245).
Table of contents: title: The life and times of Ruth of the Jungle / Ruth Knafo Setton; title: Feathers and hair / Farideh Dayanim Goldin; title: Souvenir from Libya / Gina Bublil Waldman; title: Vashti / Bahareh Mobasseri Rinsler; title: Benign ignorance or persistent resistance? / Rachel Wahba; title: Breaking the silence / Ella Shohat, Mira Eliezer, and Tikva Levy; title: Ashkenazi eyes / Julie Iny; title: A synagogue of one's own / Yael Arami; title: Reflections of an Arab Jew / Ella Shohat; title: In exile at home / Homa Sarshar; title: Home is where you make it / Kyla Wazana Tompkins; title: The search to belong / Caroline Smadja; title: Illusion in assimilation / Henriette Dahan Kalev; title: How the camel found its wings / Lital Levy; title: Secrets / Mojgan Moghadam-Rahbar; title: We are here and this is ours / Loolwa Khazzoom.