Farhud

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Farhud (fahr-HOOD) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A 1941 pogrom in Baghdad, Iraq following the collapse of the country's pro-Nazi government.

Example Sentences

  • "The Farhud marked the beginning of the end of a large Jewish presence in Iraq, a new era of Muslim-Jewish relations, where discrimination and humiliation became further compounded by direct physical threat to Jews’ survival." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Arabic / Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

  • الفرهود al-Farhūd 'violent dispossession'

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      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
      • Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)

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      Alternative Spellings

      Farhood

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