{"product_id":"memoirs-of-a-baghdad-childhood-paperback","title":"Memoirs of a Baghdad Childhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictor Sasson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMemoirs of a Baghdad Childhood\u003c\/b\u003e depicts personal and family scenes, episodes, experiences, and impressions of the author's early life in Baghdad. Topics include the author's life in a newly-built house in \u003ci\u003eKutchet es-Sa'ad\u003c\/i\u003e, his \u003ci\u003eal-Azeel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eal-Watani\u003c\/i\u003e school experiences, his passion for American and British films, his merchant brothers in the Shorja market, his family's enduring interest in Arabic music and musical instruments, observance of Sabbath and holy days, swimming lessons in the Tigris, the bustling \u003ci\u003eal-Rasheed Street\u003c\/i\u003e, trips to Kifel and Ba'quba, and delightful nights on the \u003ci\u003eJazra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e. \u003cp\u003eThe author's childhood in Baghdad, from early 1940's to about mid-1951, is viewed and portrayed in generally positive and happy light.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlame for the displacement and gradual liquidation of Babylonian Jewry is put on European political Zionists and their machinations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemoirs of a Baghdad Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e is an autobiographical, personal account of the author's childhood in his beloved city of Baghdad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 22, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461126963378,"sku":"9781462017331","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/39d1b95512c2b49764f059cfd408ba78.webp?v=1778941100","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/memoirs-of-a-baghdad-childhood-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}