Anthology Reviews

"Editor Loolwa Khazzoom has assembled testimonials that come together like some sort of truth commission..."The Flying Camel" is living history. The people who have written these essays have strong feelings about their connection to lands now exclusively identified with Arabs and Muslims. Their reflections will shock those who believe that Jews can be easily categorized. In words that are powerful and poetic, Khazzoom, Waldman and the other contributors come to terms with their multilayered upbringings. Through their struggles, they couldn't take their Jewishness for granted. Through their eyes, we see the progress they've already made in breaking down stereotypes and ugly assumptions." - The San Francisco Chronicle

"The essays in this book, which traverse landscapes from Iran to Los Angeles, from Morocco to Beersheba, from Tunisia to Paris, are almost uniformly excellent as they manage to get beyond the usual PC ranting to be both provocative and moving...the writing is...surprisingly beautiful." - Jerusalem Post

"The Flying Camel...stories are heart warming, heart breaking and vastly important to read...While the stories reflect a hardship beyond what most Jews of European descent have experienced in America, they also exude hope and passion for a Jewish future that will one day reflect the vibrant diversity of Jewish tradition and experience from around the world. Each story is powerful, gripping and unique." - InterfaithFamily.com

"The Flying Camel is both a travelogue of exile and longing...and a book that charts a new course...Asserting their identities with newfound confidence, the contributors are writing their stories into the larger story of Jewish history...Many of the essays include unforgettable imagery." - The Jewish Week

"The Flying Camel is the first collection of its kind, and in showcasing the vast diversity of the global Jewish experience (something far too few white American Ashkenazi Jews are aware of), it's invaluable." - Bitch

"The Flying Camel offers great insight into Jewish communities with which many of us will be unfamiliar; it offers those who are in similar situations a feeling of community, of not being alone." - Jewish Western Bulletin

"The Flying Camel is a path-breaking work edited by a young Sephardic activist/scholar Loolwa Khazzoom who attempts to provide an open forum for Sephardic women to discuss issues relating to identity...[It] must be read by all those who see themselves as participants in the ongoing dialogue taking place around ethnic identity and gender in the Jewish community." - Sephardic Heritage Update