been under tremendous scrutiny. Throughout the years he was headmaster of Frank Iny, my father was also teaching at the University of Baghdad. So when the school closed, he just continued his teaching at the university until the day he left Iraq to join us, in 1982. My parents never tried to leave or really wished to until then, as my father had a good position at the university and he wasn't sure what he, would do if he were to join us in Canada. Eventually, as he got older, the urge to be with his children became stronger than that fear, and that year my parents moved to Montreal, where my younger sister also got married and settled. 37. تحت و و و 38. When I arrived in Canada, my first thoughts were, is a re-birth. ‘This This is almost like life starting I knew I was free, but several years again.’ later as I was relaying some feelings to a Canadian friend, he told me, And then I realized that all this time that I was ‘Richard, relax. You're free!’ in Canada I was physically free but I been free from the oppressive hadn’t feeling of restraint and fear that I experienced in Iraq. Yet in spite of the hard times my generation of Jews experienced growing up in Iraq, the more enduring feeling I have is one of the camaraderie between students who
been under tremendous scrutiny. Throughout the years he was headmaster of Frank Iny, my father was also teaching at the University of Baghdad. So when the school closed, he just continued his teaching at the university until the day he left Iraq to join us, in 1982. My parents never tried to leave or really wished to until then, as my father had a good position at the university and he wasn't sure what he, would do if he were to join us in Canada. Eventually, as he got older, the urge to be with his children became stronger than that fear, and that year my parents moved to Montreal, where my younger sister also got married and settled. 37. تحت و و و 38. When I arrived in Canada, my first thoughts were, ‘This is a re-birth. This is almost like life starting again.’ I knew I was free, but several years later as I was relaying some feelings to a Canadian friend, he told me, ‘Richard, relax. You're free!’ And then I realized that all this time that I was in Canada I was physically free but I hadn’t been free from the oppressive feeling of restraint and fear that I experienced in Iraq. Yet in spite of the hard times my generation of Jews experienced growing up in Iraq, the more enduring feeling I have is one of the camaraderie between students who
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