New work explores end of Judaism in Muslim lands

Immediately following the Holocaust, between 1945 and 1970, 20 centuries of pre-Islamic civilisation vanished almost overnight, as the Jews from Arab countries and Iran found themselves pounding the paths to exile.

Professor Shmuel Trigano's latest work, La fin du judaisme en terres d'Islam is a compilation of the work of 10 academic historians from France and Israel. It casts light on one of the major dramas of the 20th century - one that its victims are themselves often loth to talk about. It asks key questions about the relationship of the Muslim world to the Jewish or Christian 'other', and puts the Palestinian refugee issue in a wider context.

The book launch in Paris on Tuesday 31 March at 7.30pm will be attended by four of the book's contributors.