The Wolf of Baghdad is being published early 2020 as a graphic novel by Myriad Editions so I am currently in editing mode with their creative director Corinne Pearlman. Corinne has been at the heart of the UK’s comic scene for many years and has been giving me some wonderful creative direction already. She had […]
Read More Editing the graphic memoirCoverage of The Wolf of Baghdad reaches mainstream Arabic media through this article for Al-Monitor, written by Gilgamesh Nabeel, with fascinating accounts of the audience’s reaction to the performance in London last month: Through Baghdadi folk songs and lullabies, British-born musician Carol Isaacs sailed with dozens of Iraqis and Britons from London all the way […]
Read More “Young Iraqis re-encounter their Jewish compatriots”Dear all, I have just signed a publishing deal with Myriad Editions, one of the UK’s leading independent publishers of graphic books and original literary fiction. They will be publishing the book version of my graphic memoir The Wolf of Baghdad in early 2020. Very much looking forward to working with the team at Myriad, […]
Read More Myriad Editions & The Wolf of BaghdadOut of the few family photos that have survived there’s one that I love in particular. Its of my maternal grandmother and some of her children sitting on a swing in their garden in Baghdad. My mother, aunt Flora and uncle Eli are in the photo, perhaps my uncle Nessim was behind the camera, and […]
Read More The PhotoMuch of The Wolf of Baghdad is based on family testimonies that I have collected for this project or heard over the years. Last year I asked members of my family, either face-to-face or over Skype, for recollections of their lives in Baghdad. I then drew their portrait and used some of the quotes as […]
Read More Family recollectionsThe Wolf will be performed at the 4th annual Ahbab Arabic music festival in Cambridge on Sunday 17th February at 4pm. Following the screening there will be a panel discussion from leading academic experts on the subjects of Iraq, its music and the legacy of its Jewish communities. It will be chaired by Dr Merav […]
Read More Ahbab Festival, CambridgeHappy to announce that there will be another performance of The Wolf of Baghdad next February. It will be at SOAS University, London (the School of Oriental and African Studies) in conjunction with the UK’s Jewish Music Institute on Monday 18th February at 6.30pm. Following the screening there will be a panel discussion from leading academic […]
Read More Another London PerformanceToday is the international commemoration of the exodus of Jewish refugees from Arab lands and Iran. Remembering almost a million Jews forced to leave their homelands and settle wherever they could. They left behind homes, businesses, friends. It was dubbed the ‘Silent Exodus’ because they went quietly and without fuss, unnoticed by the wider world. […]
Read More 30/11 CommemorationA huge thank you and شكرا لكم to all those who attended The Wolf of Baghdad performances at JW3 last week, it was wonderful to see you there. Sorry if you weren’t able get a ticket – it was heavily oversubscribed and I was told the venue could have sold out two more nights! There […]
Read More Thank you ! شكرا لكمI think I first heard the term listening to Amy Ray’s song War Rugs (Amy is half of the American folk duo Indigo Girls). These are her lyrics: War rugs in the hallway Prayer rugs on the wall Who’s walkin’ tall? I should be kneelin’ (Bridge) Soldier girl, oh, soldier boy Tell me what to […]
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