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A confiscated memory : Wadi Salib and Haifa's lost heritage /

Until the War of 1948, Wadi Salib was an impoverished Arab neighborhood in Haifa, Israel. A single day of fighting uprooted its residents. Yet Wadi Salib retained its Arab name, even after Jewish immigrants from Morocco resettled it, replacing one layer of existence with another. In 1959, Misrahi pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weiss, Yfaat (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2011]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Until the War of 1948, Wadi Salib was an impoverished Arab neighborhood in Haifa, Israel. A single day of fighting uprooted its residents. Yet Wadi Salib retained its Arab name, even after Jewish immigrants from Morocco resettled it, replacing one layer of existence with another. In 1959, Misrahi protest against continual discrimination turned the neighborhood and into an icon of ethnic strife between Israeli Jews. Nevertheless, its Arab inscription and the acts committed there lingered in its stones.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 252 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231526265
0231526261