Memories of Absence: How Muslims Remember Jews in Morocco

by Aomar Boum

Book Overview

There is a Moroccan saying: A market without Jews is like bread without salt. Once a thriving community, by the late 1980s, 240,000 Jews had emigrated from Morocco. Today, fewer than 4,000 Jews remain. Despite a centuries-long presence, the Jewish narrative in Moroccan history has largely been suppressed through national historical amnesia, Jewish absence, and a growing dismay over the Palestinian conflict.

Memories of Absence investigates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804795231
• ISBN13: 9780804795234
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"