For Iraqis, learning Hebrew is a mixed blessing

[Francis Hult]

Dawn.com

 

For Iraqis, learning Hebrew is a mixed blessing

 

Wearing an elegant pink headscarf, Marwa Abdel Karim serenades her fellow Baghdad University students with a heartfelt rendition of "Filled With Love," remarkable for the language in which it is sung - Hebrew.

 

She is one of the 150 students at the university's Hebraic department, studying the language of Israel in an Arab country that has never had ties with the Jewish state and where most people regard it as an enemy.

 

For the first time since it was set up 40 years ago, the department organised a festival earlier this month where students sang songs and recited poetry for an enthralled audience of about 100, and gifted tutors with presents.

 

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http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/31-for+iraqis+learning+hebrew+is+a+mixed+blessing-ll-02

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