{"id":1241,"date":"2021-12-14T22:49:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T22:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khazzoom.com\/theflyingcamel\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2022-04-28T10:28:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T18:28:27","slug":"mizrahi-feminist-anthology-takes-flight-with-celebrity-band-a-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khazzoom.com\/theflyingcamel\/blog\/2021\/12\/14\/mizrahi-feminist-anthology-takes-flight-with-celebrity-band-a-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mizrahi Feminist Anthology Takes Flight with Celebrity Band A-Wa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1241\" class=\"elementor elementor-1241\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-721c9f9a centerimg elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"721c9f9a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15401088\" data-id=\"15401088\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0082785 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0082785\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/khazzoom.com\/theflyingcamel\/wp-content\/uploads\/TFC-300x450.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail wp-image-2887\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khazzoom.com\/theflyingcamel\/wp-content\/uploads\/TFC-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/khazzoom.com\/theflyingcamel\/wp-content\/uploads\/TFC-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/khazzoom.com\/theflyingcamel\/wp-content\/uploads\/TFC-600x901.jpg 600w, https:\/\/khazzoom.com\/theflyingcamel\/wp-content\/uploads\/TFC.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5509968e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5509968e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure><span style=\"color: #333333; font-style: italic; text-align: center; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Photo by Rotem Lebel, graphic design by Quentin Lightner<\/span><\/figure><p style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">Contact:<br \/>Loolwa Khazzoom<br \/>khazzoom@khazzoom.com<br \/>916-546-8238<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">Mizrahi Feminist Anthology<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">Takes Flight<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">with\u00a0Celebrity Band\u00a0A-Wa<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">On Jan 14, trailblazing Jewish multicultural educator Loolwa Khazzoom releases the second edition of her 2003 ground-breaking\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/khazzoom.com\/theflyingcamel\/product\/the-flying-camel-essays-on-identity-by-women-of-north-african-and-middle-eastern-jewish-heritage\/\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u><b>Mizrahi feminist anthology<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">, with new 2022 updates &#8211; including celebrity Yemenite-Israeli band A-Wa featured on the cover and in the introduction.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"left\"><strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">Seattle, WA &#8211;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">\u00a0Two decades ago, Iraqi-American\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/khazzoomystic.com\/\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u><b>Loolwa Khazzoom<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">\u00a0published\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Flying Camel: Essays on Identity by Women of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Heritage<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><em>.<\/em> The book was taught by professors throughout the Ivy League and at universities worldwide, was positively reviewed by international media, including <\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The San Francisco Chronicle\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Jerusalem Post,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">and was endorsed by notables including former Black Panther leader\u00a0Angela Y. Davis\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><em>Lilith<\/em> Magazine\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">founder\u00a0Susan Weidman Scnhneider.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">The first edition of the book, published by Seal Press, not only was the first anthology by Mizrahi\/Sephardi women, but also the first anthology by BIPOC Jewish women,\u00a0and to this day, it is ahead of the curve in Jewish Studies, Gender Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies &#8211; providing critical insights that have transformative impact in each field.\u00a0The second edition of the book has new features, including the following:<\/span><\/span><\/p><ul><li><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; background: transparent;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">EBook, audio book, and print-on-demand options<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; background: transparent;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">Comprehensive study guide tailored to Jewish Studies, Gender Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; background: transparent;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">Book cover featuring celebrity Yemenite-Israeli band A-Wa<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; background: transparent;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">2022 introduction incorporating a personal interview with A-Wa, and connecting their musical journey with Khazzoom&#8217;s journey over the past two decades &#8211;<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/whiVO9Lo-UM\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u><b>musical and otherwise<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">\u00a0&#8211; as related to issues raised throughout the anthology<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; background: transparent;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">Khazzoom&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/56022325\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u><b>original poetry and song lyrics<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">, developed in the years since publishing the first edition &#8211; with each poem directly related to a specific essay, addressing an apsect of the issues raised in that chapter<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; background: transparent;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">Audio book bonus feature of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8iah-Hpo0YU\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u><b>spoken word and musical performance<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">\u00a0bringing to life these poems and song lyrics. Performance is by Khazzoom and her award-winning band,<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/khazzoomusic.com\/press\/\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u><b>Iraqis in Pajamas<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/khazzoomusic.com\/press\/\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u><span style=\"background: transparent;\">,<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">\u00a0which fuses Iraqi Jewish prayers with original conscious rock and features songs in Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and English.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p align=\"left\"><strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><br \/>Book Details<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;\">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, criss-crossing 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.<\/span><\/p><p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;\"><br \/>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\u2019s 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. <\/span><\/p><p align=\"left\"><strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">Back Story<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">Growing up in San Francisco in the 1970s and 1980s, Loolwa Khazzoom felt like one of those balls in the classic pinball machine:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><ul><li><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; background: transparent;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">As an orthodox Jew, in a world revolving around Christians and Muslims, she was alienated from society at large and faced numerous incidents of racism (anti-Semitism) &#8211; including repeat incidents of vandalism on her home, during middle school and high school.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; background: transparent;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">As an Iraqi-American, in a Jewish world revolving around Ashkenazim, she was invisible at best and bullied at worst &#8211; even at the age of seven, when the rabbi of her orthodox Jewish day school shamed her in front of the class, claiming that the Torah forbids praying in a Sephardic prayer book, like the one Khazzoom used.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; background: transparent;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">As a girl in her Sephardi\/Mizrahi synagogue, to which she walked three miles in each direction, to attend every Friday night and Saturday, she was barred from leading prayers &#8211; despite being able to do so as a young girl, with the distinct Iraqi pronunciations and melodies.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><br \/>As far back as 1978, as an eight year old, Khazzoom was publicly speaking and writing about, as well as creating radical activist responses to, these dynamics, and in 1990, she launched a 20 year career as a trailblazing Jewish multicultural educator. As part of her mission, she was determined to carve out space for Mizrahi and Sephardi women to take up their full space and express themselves authentically, amidst each of the worlds where they had been compromised or shut out. To this end, in 1993, Khazzoom began seeking out other outspoken Mizrahi and Sephardi women, with the mission to compile and edit an anthology &#8211; originally entitled,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Behind the Veil of Silence<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">The dynamics she wanted to address, however, kept playing out in the development and publication of the book: At the time, all the Mizrahi\/Sephardi women she knew were orthodox and accepted the traditional woman&#8217;s role, even reinforced it themselves. In addition, after finding and editing cutting-edge stories for the anthology, from Mizrahi women worldwide, nobody wanted to publish the book for another decade &#8211; alternately asserting that Mizrahi men, Ashkenazi women, or non-Jewish women of color needed to be included in the book, for it to have value or relevance.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">Then 9-11 happened, and suddenly literary agents and publishers were clamoring for books on Middle Eastern women. Seven top literary agents asked to represent the anthology, and after choosing an agent, Khazzoom published the book with Seal Press, which had rejected it five years prior. Given the proliferation of books about women and veils at that time, Khazzoom renamed the book,<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Flying Camel.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><p align=\"left\"><strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">Sample\u00a0Reviews<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">&#8220;The essays in this book, which traverse landscapes from Iran to Los Angeles, from Morocco to Beersheba, from Tunisia to Paris, are almost uniformly excellent as they manage to get beyond the usual PC ranting to be both provocative and moving&#8230;the writing is&#8230;surprisingly beautiful.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">&#8211; Jerusalem Post<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">Editor Loolwa Khazzoom has assembled testimonials that come together like some sort of truth commission&#8230;<em>&#8220;The Flying Camel&#8221;<\/em> is living history&#8230;In words that are powerful and poetic&#8230;contributors come to terms with their multilayered upbringings. Through their struggles, they couldn&#8217;t take their Jewishness for granted. Through their eyes, we see the progress they&#8217;ve already made in breaking down stereotypes and ugly assumptions.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">&#8211; <em>The San Francisco Chronicle<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">For additional reviews, see &#8220;Reviews&#8221; on\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/khazzoom.com\/theflyingcamel\/product\/the-flying-camel-essays-on-identity-by-women-of-north-african-and-middle-eastern-jewish-heritage\/\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #73010e; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration-line: underline;\">The Flying Camel<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"left\"><strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">Sample\u00a0Endorsements<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">There is no question that <em>The Flying Camel<\/em> fills a gap in the available literature on the intersections between gender, ethnicity, nationality, and religion. I know of no such book of first-person, experiential accounts by Jewish women of color; the very idea of the book complicates the notion of \u201cthe Jewish community\u201d in interesting and useful ways. This book is a useful undergraduate teaching tool for Women\u2019s Studies courses, Ethnic Studies courses, Judaic Studies courses, and for Sociology courses that deal with the complexity of collective and individual identities. &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Joshua Gamson,\u00a0Associate Professor of Sociology,\u00a0Yale University<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><em>The Flying Camel<\/em> provides a wonderful opportunity to reflect on an unjustly neglected identity and to see it through the eyes of those who have lived it. It is certainly true that the lives of Jewish women from the Arabic-speaking world are unknown to too many in our society and that our understanding of questions of Arab, Jewish, and American identities are diminished by our ignorance. I find this book useful in the courses I teach on questions of identity and ethics in the contemporary world. &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Kwame Anthony Appiah,\u00a0Professor of Afro-American Studies and Philosophy,\u00a0Director of Undergraduate Studies,\u00a0Harvard University<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">For additional endorsements, see &#8220;Endorsements&#8221; on\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/khazzoom.com\/theflyingcamel\/product\/the-flying-camel-essays-on-identity-by-women-of-north-african-and-middle-eastern-jewish-heritage\/\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i><b>The Flying Camel<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>About Loolwa Khazzoom<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">Iraqi-American Jewish musician, writer, educator, activist, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>hazan<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">\u00a0Loolwa Khazzoom is the founder of award-winning alternative rock band,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/khazzoomusic.com\/press\/\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Iraqis in Pajamas<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0which combines Iraqi Jewish prayer with original lyrics and music, singing in English, Hebrew, and the Iraqi dialect of Judeo-Arabic. She also is the founder of the newly-emerging vocals-and-piano duo\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/khazzoomusic.com\/press\/\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Shaddai Chants<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">, which offers a New Age take on sacred Iraqi Jewish chants &#8211; created for meditation, yoga, sacred dance, and other healing practices.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">In 1990, at the age of 20, Khazzoom pioneered the Jewish Multiculturalism movement \u2013 bringing to the mainstream both awareness and celebration of global Jewish heritage. The first woman worldwide known to lead egalitarian Sephardi-Mizrahi services, Khazzoom founded and directed numerous organizations that successfully integrated global Jewish heritage into mainstream programs and paradigms \u2013 working with preeminent institutes such as the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Bureau of Jewish Education, and Harvard University, and serving community leaders and laypeople alike.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype, serif;\">As part of her ground-breaking work, Khazzoom implemented the first-ever curriculum on Jewish communities across the globe; she was a featured Jewish multicultural expert in documentaries including\u00a0<i>Young, Jewish, and Left, The Forgotten Refugees.\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>The Way Home;\u00a0<\/i>she\u00a0published Jewish multicultural articles in top media including\u00a0<i>The Washington Post,<\/i>\u00a0<i>Marie Claire,\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>Rolling Stone;\u00a0<\/i>she published Jewish multicultural essays in anthologies including\u00a0<i>Best Jewish Writing 2002, That Takes Ovaries!,<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Yentl\u2019s Revenge;\u00a0<\/i>and she published\u00a0<i>The Flying Camel: Essays on Identity by Women of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Heritage,\u00a0<\/i>taught throughout the Ivy League and at universities nationwide.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Rotem Lebel, graphic design by Quentin Lightner Contact:Loolwa Khazzoomkhazzoom@khazzoom.com916-546-8238 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMizrahi Feminist Anthology\u00a0Takes Flight\u00a0with\u00a0Celebrity Band\u00a0A-Wa On Jan 14, trailblazing Jewish multicultural educator Loolwa Khazzoom releases the second edition of her 2003 ground-breaking\u00a0Mizrahi feminist anthology, with new 2022 updates &#8211; including celebrity Yemenite-Israeli band A-Wa featured on the cover and in the introduction. 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