The Farhud (Arabic word for pogrom) took place during the Jewish holiday of Shabu’ot in 1941. The pro-Nazi government had collapsed leaving Iraq in a state of instability. The British had just defeated the leader Rashid Ali who had earlier led a successful coup and two terrible days of anti-Jewish violence occurred in the ensuing […]
Read More 80 years since the FarhudIt was an honour to be invited to perform The Wolf of Baghdad at this year’s UK Jewish Film Festival. Taking place at the Phoenix Cinema, one of the oldest purpose-built cinemas in the UK (built in 1910), we had another full house with a long waiting list. Apologies to those who weren’t able to […]
Read More November NewsDelighted to announce that there will be a Wolf of Baghdad performance at this year’s UK Jewish Film Festival at 6.45pm on Tuesday 12th November at the Phoenix Cinema, London. Tickets are on sale now and you can book here. This will be a very special screening as a couple of new scenes have been added […]
Read More UK Jewish Film Festival 2019Today sees the launch of a Kickstarter campaign to fund recording the soundtrack to The Wolf of Baghdad motion comic. You can find more details and how to make a pledge here. There are lots of great rewards to be had in exchange for pledges with more to be added over the coming weeks. Rewards […]
Read More Kickstarter campaign launches today!Remembering June 1 & 2 1941, a couple of dark days in our history when a pogrom was carried out against the Jewish populations of Baghdad and Basra. The pro-Nazi government had collapsed leaving the cities in a state of instability. The British had just defeated the leader Rashid Ali who had earlier led a […]
Read More Remembering the Farhud الفرهودThe 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 recollections
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