The Jewelers of the Ummah: A Potential History of the Jewish Muslim World

by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay

A deeply personal exploration into family, empire, art and identity, from the author of the groundbreaking Potential History

Algeria's Arab Jews were renowned for their metal-working and jewellery-making skills, and these jewellers of the ummah--the Arabic community--are, for Azoulay, the symbol of a world that can still be reclaimed and repaired.

In a series of letters written to her father, her great-grandmother,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1804293113
• ISBN13: 9781804293119
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.