"These Hearts, Can They Reach Tranquility?": Arabic Poetry by Jews During the 1950s

R Snir

"These Hearts, Can They Reach Tranquility?": Arabic Poetry by Jews During the 1950s

Department of Arabic Language and Literature

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Abstract

The article examines the Arabic literary poetry written by Iraqi Jews in Israel during the 1950s after their immigration from Iraq. This temporal revival of Arabic poetry by Jews was the swan song of the Arab-Jewish culture as we are currently witnessing its demise- a tradition that started more than fifteen hundred years ago is vanishing before our eyes. Until the twentieth century, the great majority of the Jews under the rule of Islam adopted Arabic as their language; now Arabic is gradually disappearing as a language mastered by Jews.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	205-232
Number of pages	28
Journal	ARQUIVO MAARAVI-REVISTA DIGITAL DE ESTUDOS JUDAICOS DA UFMG
Volume	15
Issue number	28
State	Published - 2021

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Times Cited in Web of Science Core Collection: 0 Total Times Cited: 0 Cited Reference Count: 27

Keywords

David Semah
Arab-Jewish culture
Iraqi Jews

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"These Hearts, Can They Reach Tranquility?": Arabic Poetry by Jews During the 1950s

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