Without any exaggeration, this is one of the most beautiful and interesting academic articles I have ever read.

Reuven Snir teaches in Haifa. He is of Iraqi Jewish descent and his father, like many other Iraqi Jews, considered himself an Arab first and a Jew second. Driven by his personal history and his scholarly interest, Snir reveals a world in which it was possible to be both.

Even if you can't or won't read anything else, take a look at the last page. There are lessons in it for us all...

The article was published in EJOS, which is an interdisciplinary journal from Utrecht, with open access and other good articles, especially on art history.

The image shows Samir Naqqash, a controversial Israeli author who wrote in Iraqi Arabic, his native language. If you have any of Naqqash's writings, please share them with us.

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