Relevant Articles
Articles, essays, and research from scholars, journalists, and community members, chosen by JIMENA to deepen your understanding of Jewish life in Iraq.
Articles
The Farhud, My Father, and Me (Distinctions)
Irit Dallal Zalayet tells how her father, the Baghdad-born painter Nessim Zalayet, carried the memory of the 1941 Farhud for decades, and the unfinished painting of it she found after his death.
The Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries: An Examination of Legal Rights (Fordham International Law Journal)
Attorney and scholar Carole Basri uses Iraqi Jews as a case study to show how Jews from Arab countries were stripped of their rights and property in violation of international law.
Report on the Jews of Iraq
Justice for Jews from Arab Countries traces Iraqi Jewish history from 586 BCE through the mass exodus of 1950 and 1951, estimating the community’s lost property at $34.2 billion in today’s dollars.
