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I am a poet, essayist, and children’s book author, passionate about researching and writing about my Iraqi Jewish roots. Words are what I love to conjure over a pot, mixed with garlic, onion and ginger, to feed my husband, four boys (and dog).
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just like her Nana Aziza. When Shoham
and her family must leave Iraq, they are allowed
to take only one suitcase each.
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in Sydney Australia which Amira enters with her
nana, cooking up something different with
“strange spices that smell like other lands”.
But everyone says, “This is not a cholent!”,
and Amira begins to doubt whether entering
“different” was such a good idea.
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does look back—and we readers are grateful that
we get to be part of her Judeo-Arabic speaking
Iraqi Jewish family.
News
14Jul
My Grandmother’s Cheese Sambusek
Recently I taught a Food & Memory Writing Workshop. I based it on my grandmother’s cheese sambusek. The memories it evoked are of.. Read More →
18Jun
Lyric Essay – A Forest of Jews
I’m pleased to share my latest lyric essay A Forest of Jews in the new literary, arts and culture magazine – Yad Mizrah... Read More →
16May
The In-Between Book Launch JLM & TLV
May 19th and May 30th, 2024 – Happy to announce the book launch of The In-Between in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem together with.. Read More →
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