Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World

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The Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World Online (EJIW) is the first cohesive and discreet reference work which covers the Jews of Muslim lands particularly in the late medieval, early modern and modern periods. The Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World Online is updated with newly commissioned articles, illustrations, multimedia, and primary source material. 

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W (Wadi Abu Jamil (Jewish quarter, Beirut) - Wolman, Dan)

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Wadi Abu Jamil (Jewish quarter, Beirut), Lebanon, Lebanon bombing of, Lebanon destruction of, LebanonWadi Kom Ombo land-development company (Egypt), Suarès della Pegna FamilyWadi Salib riots (1959, Haifa), Diaspora CommunitiesWafd Party (Egypt), Egypt, Mizraḥi, Albert, Darwīsh, Yūsuf, Cattaoui Family, LICA (La Ligue Internationale contre l'Antisémitisme Allemand) in government, Egypt Jewish participation in, Benzakein (Ben Zaken), Félix, Castro, LéonWāfī, ‘Alī ‘Abd al-Wāḥid, Anti-Judaism/Antisemitism/Anti-ZionismWagdi, Anwar, Cinema, Arabic, Jews inWahb i…

W (women - written text: transmission of knowledge through)

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women  academics, Bahar, Ivet  in Turkey, Women - Turkey activists   against Jewish inheritance laws, Sāzmān-i Bānovān-i Yahudī-yi Irānī (Iranian Jewish Women’s Organization)  against Orthodox Jewish divorce laws, Sāzmān-i Bānovān-i Yahudī-yi Irānī (Iranian Jewish Women’s Organization)  for education for Jewish children, Em Habanim, Em Habanim  in Iran, Hekmat, Shamsi  in Salonica, Recanati Family actors, in Egypt, Cinema, Arabic, Jews in, Cinema, Arabic, Jews in agreement to polygamous marriages by, Polygyny artisans, Commerce and Economy in the Mediev…