Impossible exodus : Iraqi Jews in Israel / Orit Bashkin.
Between 1949 and 1951, 123,000 Iraqi Jews immigrated to the newly established Israeli state. Lacking the resources to absorb them all, the Israeli government resettled them in maabarot, or transit camps, relegating them to poverty. In the tents and shacks of the camps, their living conditions were s...
| Uniform Title: | Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
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| Language: | English |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
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| Physical Description: | x, 305 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Format: | Book |