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Eli Amir

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Eli Amir


Born
in Baghdad, Iraq
September 26, 1937


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Amir was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He immigrated to Israel with his family in 1950.

He won the Yigal Alon prize for outstanding pioneering service to the Israeli society. Amir is well-known in Israel for his lectures, articles, radio and television programs and especially for his book, Scapegoat, a semi-autobiographical novel that depicts the integration of an Iraqi-Jewish youth in an Israeli transit camp soon after the establishment of the state. This and other novels by Amir are included in the secondary school sylabus.From 1964 to 1968 he served as adviser on Arab affairs to the Prime Minister of Israel, and as envoy for the Minister of Immigration Absorption of Israel to the United
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Average rating: 3.95 · 976 ratings · 102 reviews · 10 distinct worksSimilar authors
מפריח היונים

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תרנגול כפרות

3.74 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 1983 — 12 editions
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YASMINE

3.87 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2005 — 18 editions
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נער האופניים

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4.25 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions
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אהבת שאול

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4.08 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions
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מה שנשאר

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3.63 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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והימים לא חלפו

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התור לים

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פגישה עיוורת

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פגישה עיוורת: קצרים 2

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“In this land of rulers who came and went, only the hangman was immortal”
Eli Amir, מפריח היונים

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