A Confiscated Memory: Wadi Salib and Haifa's Lost Heritage

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Until the War of 1948, Wadi Salib was an impoverished Arab neighborhood in Haifa, Israel. A single day of fighting uprooted its residents. Yet Wadi Salib retained its Arab name, even after Jewish immigrants from Morocco resettled it, replacing one layer of existence with another. In 1959, Misrahi protest against continual discrimination turned the neighborhood and into an icon of ethnic strife between Israeli Jews. Nevertheless, its Arab inscription and the acts committed there lingered in its stones. Contents Preface Acknowledgments Prologue: The Neighbors Who Get Rich on Our Account 1. War: Diachronic Neighbors 2. Commotion: “And I Wanted to Do Something Nice, Like They Have Up in Hadar” 3. Evacuation: City Lights 4. Khirbeh : Altneuland Epilogue: Iphrat Goshen and His Wife Miriam Move Into Said’s Home in Hallisa Notes Bibliography Index