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Moris Farhi on Faraj Sarkoohi

MIGRATION AND EXILE HAVE CHARACTERISED THE WORLD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME. AND FOR MOST OF THAT TIME, THE AMBIVALENT PRESENCE OF THE OTHER HAS AROUSED EXTREMES OF SENTIMENT WITHIN THE HOST COMMUNITY

The brutal and relentless persecution of the Roma, unleashed soon after their arrival in Europe, has been one of the greatest crimes of history. Hopes that the 'enlightenment' that so strongly condemned the Nazi's genocidal policies would finally enable this peaceful people to take its rightful place in the family of women have proved tenuous. Today the persecution of the Roma continues; in Eastern Europe, particularly, its virulence generates fears of a new Holocaust. Children of the Rainbow tells the story of Branko, a survivor of Auschwitz, who sets out to liberate his people and to fulfil their secret yearnings for reunification in their mysterious homeland. Romanestan. And he comes to hear of the 'Gypsy Bible', the holy scripture that made the Roma a great people, but which, according to oral tradition, perished in the mire of time. A Bible miraculously reclaimed, by a seer, from the collective memory of the Roma as they stood before the crematoria of Auschwitz. A Bible hidden and awaiting discovery. A Bible that prophesies his leadership. A Bible that will regenerate his people. That will reunite them. That will lead them to Romanestan... And Branko finds this Bible...

Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Arwa Mahdawi: A PERSONAL GUIDE TO EXTREME VETTING -- Chant Avedissian: ARE YOU TALKIN' TO ME? -- Karl Sharro: THE JOYS OF APPLYING FOR A US VISA -- James Nunn: COLOUR ABDULLAH! -- Negin Farsad: MY OWN PEOPLE DON'T LIKE ME VERY MUCH -- Bidisha: 50 STATES OF AMERICA FIRST -- Chris Riddell: LA LA LAND -- Hazem Saghieh: TRUMP AND GADDAFI -- Molly Crabapple: TRUMPINATION -- Omar Hamdi: ISLAM IS NOT SPIRITUAL, BUT IT IS A USEFUL IDENTITY -- Esther Manito: A SIDON-GATESHEAD UPBRINGING (IN ESSEX) -- Hassan Hajjaj: 'KESH ANGELS -- Saleem Haddad: DO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE A HOMOSEXUAL, SIR? -- Rana Salam: SEXY SOUK -- Amrou Al-Kadhi: HOW ISLAM TAUGHT ME TO BE A DRAG QUEEN -- Chaza Charafeddine: DIVINE COMEDY -- Leila Aboulela: MAJED -- Jennifer Jajeh: WHITE LIKE ME -- Hassan Abdulrazzak: TUESDAY'S CHILD -- Eli Valley: ARE NAZI ANALOGIES KOSHER TODAY? -- Moris Farhi: OF DOLPHIN CHILDREN AND LEVIATHANS -- Tammam Azzam: FROM SYRIA, WITH LOVE -- Alex Wheatle: SHADE-ISM -- Carol Ann Duffy: COMPREHENSIVE -- Aisha Mirza: YESTERDAY I STEPED ON A WHITE WOMAN'S YOGA MAT -- Laila Shawa: DISPOSABLE BODIES -- Joumana Haddad: THE JOKE'S ON THEM -- Mazen Kerbaj: COLA -- Sabrina Mahfouz: POSTCARD FROM A MUSLIM MERMAID -- Sayed Kashua: PREPARING MY KIDS FOR THE NEW AMERICA -- Alberto Manguel: FABULOUS CREATURES -- Bahia Shehab: THERE ARE PEOPLE: CAIRO 2012 -- Sjón: THE MUSLIM: A CAUTIONARY TALE -- Afterword -- About the Contributors -- Permissions -- Copyright Page