Jewish Syrians were less ostracized than Western media suggests

Evidence

Private school wasn’t much easier for Rasha. The biggest difference here was that there were more Christian and Jewish students. (In thinking back to that time, Rasha told me, she is struck by how Jewish Syrians were not nearly as ostracized as we are led to believe.) — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 76

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: how did Jewish Syrian communities fare in the late 1990s-2000s versus the popular exodus narrative of the 1940s-70s?
• XREF: Connects to patterns of romanticized or vilified interfaith coexistence narratives seen elsewhere.
• SHARE: A specific person interested in Jewish-Arab diaspora history would appreciate this single firsthand counterpoint.