Saeeda's Trinity

Book excerpt: This book, which contains several literary genres (novel, poetry, essay), is a reflection of many personal and collective journeys of Jews born in Arab lands and of their preservation of their cultural and historical past together with their present passages in Israel and America. They have greatly enriched both the universal and the Jewish worlds in the areas of survival and renewal. They were not only able to survive the onslaught of historical forces beyond their control but also to contribute to the constructive power of change. They were able to somehow turn tragedies into triumphs, difficulties into opportunities and frustration into a celebration of life and into joy. Dr. David Rabeeya continues to depict his own struggles as well as his Sephardic communities as an example for the building of dialogues and understanding in a world of division and conflict. This is his forty-seventh publication.