The Forgotten Refugees, a film about the Mass Exodus of Millions of North African and Middle Eastern Jews

The Forgotten Refugees explores the history and destruction of Middle Eastern Jewish communities, some of which had existed for over 2,500 years. It chronicles the impact of the Arab Muslim conquest, the development of Judeo-Arab culture, and the modern rise of Arab nationalism that drove out hundreds of thousands of Jews from their homes and communities. This destruction is a significant loss for the Jewish people and for the Middle East.
Featuring testimony from Jews who fled Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Yemen, Morocco and Iran, the film explores the rich heritage and destruction of the Middle East’s age-old Jewish communities. Personal stories of refugees are interspersed with dramatic archival footage, including the mission to rescue Yemenite Jews.

The film represents a unique approach to educating the public about an integral but little known aspect of Middle East history.

Get a FREE copy of the Film. Email FR@davidproject.org or call (617) 428-0012 to get a complimentary copy of The Forgotten Refugees. Shipping & handling: $5.00

The Forgotten Refugees Official Website HERE

Jewish Wedding in Morocco, Eugène Delacroix-Jüdische Hochzeit in Marokko 1837–41

1922: King Abdulla Ibn Hussein of Transjordan sits under the watchful eyes of his Jewish bodyguards, Habanni Yemenite brothers Sayeed, Salaah, and Saadia Sofer.

The History of Abir Hebrew Warrior Arts HERE

Star of David Mirror Handcrafted in Morocco

The Last Jews of Libya

The Last Jews of Libya documents the final decades of a centuries-old Sephardic Jewish community through the lives of the remarkable Roumani family. Thirty-six thousand Jews lived in Libya at the end of World War II, but not a single one remains today.

The Flying Camel: Essays on Identity by Women of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Heritage Edited by Loolwa Khazzoom

Many of us have stereotypes of what “Jewish” looks like—and for many of us that image is white and European. Yet, with the blossoming Jewish multiculturalism movement, led by the dynamic Loolwa Khazzoom, the myth of a “monolithic Jewish community” is about to be debunked. Focusing on the experiences of Jewish women of two rich and varied regions, The Flying Camel reveals the hidden worlds of Jewish women often misunderstood or maligned by both the cultures in which they live and the European-Jewish community.

Book: The Farhud by Edwin Black
“TIMELY AND REVEALING, in the Farhud, Black has brought to the surface a topic that others would have purposely overlooked.” Shelomo Alfassa former U.S. Director of Justice for Jews from Arab Countries

Articles:

Jews displaced from Arab lands finally recognized

Persecuted Yemeni Jews to be given sanctuary in Britain

Jewish Exodus from Arab and Muslim Lands

Museum provides a history of Jews in Morocco

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