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These photos are from the last synagogue built in Baghdad. This is where Sami and his family had to go to sign away their Iraqi citizenship and right of birth before they could leave Iraq and begin their journey to Canada.

Sami Sourani: From Baghdad to Montreal

Oral History

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Through a powerful recollection of his family’s journey from Bagdad to Montreal, Sami provides a personal window into the persecution faced by the Iraqi Jewish community in Bagdad from the early 1940’s onwards.

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