The Flying Camel: Essays on Identity by Women of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Heritage - Brossura

Khazzoom, Loolwa

Brossura

ISBN 13: 9798985540901

Casa editrice: KHAZZOOMedia, 2022

Riassunto

The first anthology by Jewish women of color, with the original edition published in 2003, The Flying Camel 2022 edition remains ahead of the curve and includes new material: a cover and introduction featuring celebrity Yemenite-Israeli band A-WA, along with a musical framework for understanding issues addressed throughout the anthology; a preface sharing how the book was birthed into being and how to use it today; original poems by editor Loolwa Khazzoom, matched with the themes of each essay in the book; and a comprehensive study guide for book clubs and university courses.

Like the proverbial phoenix rising from the ashes, the seventeen women of The Flying Camel boldly emerge from the wreckage of their ancient civilizations and invite readers on an intimate journey of self-discovery, creativity, and defiance. Drawing from personal and ancestral memories, amidst the pursuit of soul-filled dreams and longings, anthology contributors navigate geopolitical upheaval and cultural homelessness, crisscrossing four continents and stepping back and forth through the spiritual portals of time. Nothing is quite as it seems, we learn, with identity constructs, loyalties, and politics dependent on so many variables that, ultimately, the borders perhaps dissolve into the greater expansiveness of who we are.

Alternately raw and fierce, vulnerable and tender, these gripping stories are deeply personal and uniformly honest, providing a secret passageway deep below the narrow scripts and slogans of today's identity politics, and leading straight into the chamber of the heart. Reflecting a diversity of experience and perspective, and drawing from a collective wealth of knowledge, the stories naturally weave through topics including exile, body image, sexuality, class division, religious practice, domestic violence, the Middle East conflict, and other pertinent issues, in ways that are both insightful and refreshing.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Loolwa Khazzoom (KHAZZOOM.com) is an innovative multimedia artist and educator. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, BBC News, Rolling Stone, and other top media worldwide, and she has presented at Harvard University, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Barnard Center for Research on Women, and other leading institutes worldwide. She offers dynamic programs that integrate music, poetry, readings, storytelling, and heart-centered conversations - designed to uniquely engage and inspire participants.Khazzoom's diverse body of work shares the common theme of alchemy - transmuting the energies of pain and suffering into those of healing, joy, wholeness, beauty, and love, through a radical willingness to do whatever it takes to be truly well. To this end, Khazzoom has released many original albums, videos, and books.From 1990-2010, Khazzoom was a trailblazing Jewish multicultural educator. She founded and directed numerous ground-breaking organizations - through which she educated Jewish community leaders and laypeople alike, about global Jewish history and heritage, and through which she radically transformed thinking and language about Jewish identity, community, education, and practice. In this capacity, she accomplished many firsts, including leading the first egalitarian Mizrahi/Sephardi services and developing the first curriculum about Jewish communities across the globe.Today Khazzoom leads two musical projects: Iraqis in Pajamas combines Iraqi Jewish prayers with original alternative and punk rock, and Shaddai Chants is a New Age take on Iraqi Jewish chants, for use in sacred dance practice, meditation, yoga, massage, and sleep. Both can be found at KHAZZOOMusic.com.  

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: KHAZZOOMedia
• Data di pubblicazione: 2022
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 13: 9798985540901
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 358
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile