Racheline Barda

Racheline Barda, author

Egyptian-Jewish Emigres in Australia

Listen to interview [ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uuJ7ccoirZGeT7hvKj73KSqiamIKt2FI/view?usp=sharing ]

Welcome,

Q1] Please share with our listeners, your childhood memories of Egypt,

were you born in Egypt,

how many family generations DO YOU GO BACK,

how old were you when you had to escape from Egypt ?.

Q2] What's your favourite or your family all-time favourite Egyptian dish ?

Q3] Did your book help you and the wider Egyptian-Jewish in Australia ?,

What about others in the world,

Did they receive the Love, acknowledgement and Celebrations they deserved after escaping Egypt in 1947, 1956 and again 1967 ?.

Joseph Barda was born and raised in Alexandria leaving Egypt at the age of 22 ahead of the 1956 Suez War.

Arab/Israel conflict, more than 850,000 Jews were forcibly displaced from Arab countries.

260,000 Jews from Arab countries immigrated to Israel between 1948 and 1951 representing 56% of the newly founded state.

Mizrahi Jews from Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco had all lived in their respective countries for centuries.

Many of them well before the advent of Islam and the Arab invasion. They were truly indigenous to the Middle East.

More than 80,000 Jews lived in Egypt before Gamal Abdel Nasser and 1956 Suez War.

My personal & Public Advocacy;

1] Acknowledge Egyptian-Jewish communities in Australia

2] Reconcile with Egyptian-Jewish community, by Awarding and honouring these individuals

3] Celebrate their achievements in Australian society

Best Regards

Jerry Guirguis

Presenter

94.1FM Downtown

94.1FM Egypt Australia Radio Show [ EARS ]

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