From Baghdad To Kokomo. Memoir Of A Young 👶 Mans 👨 Odyssey To America ​🇺🇸​

✅ A compelling account of growing 💗 up ⬆️ during the mid-twentieth century in the two 2️⃣ oldest and ➕ once 🔂 vibrant Jewish 🕍 communities of Iraq ​🇮🇶​ and ➕ Iran ​🇮🇷​--the first 🥇 now obliterated, the second 🥈 eroded. From Baghdad to Kokomo is part memoir, part history in which momentous events are interwoven with the authors own family 👪️ biography: Iraqs ​🇮🇶​ transition from Ottoman and ➕ British ​🇬🇧​ rule to hopes 🔮 for building 🏢 a democratic nation-state; the emergence of extreme nationalism that ends 🔚 centuries-old 🧓 Arab-Jewish 🕍 co-existence; the Farhoud pogrom in 1️⃣9️⃣4️⃣1️⃣; and ➕ the tumultuous exodus of an entire community. In Iran ​🇮🇷​, too, the Shahs modernization policies clash with nationalist and ➕ Islamist opposition forces leading to the Islamic 🕌 Revolution and ➕ millions leave 🚪⬆️ or flee the country to settle abroad.This book 📚️ also shows the fortuitous circumstances how one 1️⃣ pen 🖊️ pal correspondence brought the author from Tehran to the American ​🇺🇸​ midwestern city 🏙️ of Kokomo, Indiana, where he 👤👨 arrives penniless as a teenager and ➕ resumes his 👤👨⬅️ studies after a four 4️⃣ year hiatus.The Exodus from Iraq ​🇮🇶​, the cradle of civilization, meant the destruction of Babylonian Jewry with its rich history of nearly 2️⃣,6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ years. Lives were shattered and ➕ families 👨‍👩‍👦 scattered. Many of its time ⏱️-honoured values and ➕ traditions --the glue that held it together and ➕ gave ⬅️🎁 its unique identity 🆔--are now rapidly fading away under the pressure of Westernization.... Excerpt from the book 📚️....

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