Clash of Cultures

Hot issues from Harif, a UK association dedicated to the history, culture and heritage of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa. The photo shows elements of Henna prenuptial ceremonies practised by Sephardi and Mizrahi communities.

Q&A: How history of Jews in Arab lands has been distorted

MARCH 25, 2018

How a Judenrat story had a happy ending

JUNE 23, 2017

How a poor Jew from Egypt made his own luck

JUNE 17, 2017

Suez 1956: one Jewish family's flight from Egypt

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

How the EU’s settlement policy legitimises mass dispossession

JANUARY 14, 2017

Strangers in exile

AUGUST 30, 2016

The 451st Iraqi Jew to be dismissed

JULY 7, 2016

What do the 1941 Farhud and Sarona have in common?

JUNE 13, 2016

Rewriting Jewish history in Lebanon

APRIL 11, 2016

How can we stop 'cultural cleansing' in the Middle East?

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Exploding the myth of Moroccan tolerance

JANUARY 17, 2016

Blessings and curses of Judeo-Arabic

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Joseph Smouha's legacy lives on in Egypt

AUGUST 22, 2015