Benot he-harim

Description:

Collection of stories based on those the author heard from her mother and other family members. It depicts young women forced to marry older men, women kidnapped by local men for their beauty, powerful women, seductive women, battered and destitute women. It records traditions, beliefs and forbidden loves.

subjects: Iraqi Jews,  Social life and customs,  Jewish women,  Anecdotes

Places: Iraq,  Irbīl