Rachel Wahba

“I survived Baghdad to get cancer?” My mother’s words stir my heart as the 75th anniversary of the Farhud, the Rashid Ali Rebellion of 1941, was commemorated last week. I wish my mother was still alive to see the Jewish media finally begin to catch up with Mizrahi history. Every bit of validation counts. Mom was just sixty-four, ready to enjoy her retirement. Instead we were looking for a cancer support group. She survived Iraq, twenty years of statelessness, and finally made