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The Other Refugees: Jews of the Arab World

June 1, 1988 | Dr. George E. Gruen

Jews have lived in the Arab-speaking countries of western Asia and North Africa for millennia. Indeed, in certain countries such as Iraq, Yemen and Morocco, Jewish communities can be traced back to the period of the first exile, following the destruction of the Temple by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. If one includes the Muslim but non-Arab countries of Iran and Turkey, more than one million Jews lived in this region before the establishment of Israel in 1948.

Forecasts of World Oil Markets and the Saudi Role

August 25, 1986