1. Dia Kasim Kashi is a Shiite Muslim born in 1952 in Baghda., He describes his relationships with Jews in Iraq and his friendships family’s with Iraqi Jews in London, where he lives today. Kashi, traveled to Israel twice in 1998 to meet with Iraqi Jews and helped to found the Iraqi-Israeli Friendship Committee. He laments the demise and has become community’s a vocal advocate pushing for Iraq to acknowledge its treatment of its Jewish population, which he often compares to the decades-long Ba’ath Party’s discrimination against Shiites and other minorities. 1. 1998 -
1. Dia Kasim Kashi is a Shiite Muslim born in 1952 in Baghda., He describes his family’s relationships with Jews in Iraq and his friendships with Iraqi Jews in London, where he lives today. Kashi, traveled to Israel twice in 1998 to meet with Iraqi Jews and helped to found the Iraqi-Israeli Friendship Committee. He laments the community’s demise and has become a vocal advocate pushing for Iraq to acknowledge its treatment of its Jewish population, which he often compares to the Ba’ath Party’s decades-long discrimination against Shiites and other minorities. 1. 1998 -
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