tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post7817998511860817781..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: Iraqi Jews were leading promoters of cinema Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-41288459685469506702020-02-20T18:05:09.778+00:002020-02-20T18:05:09.778+00:00I should have added, as an RSM in the Royal Engine...I should have added, as an RSM in the Royal Engineers. Would possibly link to the cinema name.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959471003588367445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-36267211971500461142020-02-20T18:03:11.565+00:002020-02-20T18:03:11.565+00:00Interesting. I am told my grandfather (Frank Arnol...Interesting. I am told my grandfather (Frank Arnold), who had found himself in Baghdad in the First World War, as an RSM, and married a Jewish Armenian refugee there, opened the first public cinema. I'm told it was the Royal. Unfortunately, I can't veryfy this further as my mother (Shafika Arnold) died this month (Feb 2020).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959471003588367445noreply@blogger.com