Kahanof, Jacqueline.

Mongrels or marvels the Levantine writings of Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff / [electronic resource] : edited by Deborah A. Starr and Sasson Somekh. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011. - xxix, 269 p. - Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture . - Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff, a cosmopolitan Levantine -- Childhood in Egypt -- Passover in Egypt -- Such is Rachel -- Journey to a better land -- A line in the sand -- Maadi -- Alexandria -- Cairo wedding -- Europe from afar -- A culture stillborn -- To live and die a Copt -- Wake of the waves -- Reunion in Beersheba -- A letter from Mama Camouna -- Rebel, my brother -- Israel : ambivalent Levantine -- To remember Alexandria -- My brother Ishmael : on the visit of Anwar Sadat -- Welcome, Sadat -- Afterword : from East the sun.


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Jewish-Arab relations.


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