sit semha

sit semha, who taught at frank Iny school, Baghdad, from 1951 to 1973,
Interviewed 7 jan 07 by Eli Timan.

Erratum: Shamash secondary had 2 classes not 3, until 1969/1970 when another class was added.

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People & Blogs

Tags:

• iraqi_jews
• baghdad
• iraq
• frank-iny
• school

[elitiman]

Dear sammy,

I was emailed your comment by Youtube, but I found it was removed. However, I have emailed it to a friend of Sit Semha who will read it to her. What year were you in Frank Iny and what class?

Eli Timan

[samybagdady]

@elitiman thank you so much. No it is not me but my older sister Nadira was student in alkarg middle school where Ms. Semha used to teach . My sister still lives in alkarg /Bagdad but I escaped from iraq 32 years ago and since then I live in Canada. We are not Jews but you know the war, the dictators ship regime of Saddam....etc so I escaped from Iraq. Thanks again.

[elitiman]

Samy,

I have emailed your comment to sit semha. She told me in an interview, that while teaching at "Mutawssitat al karkh", the girls were amazed that she called them by name on the second day of school. The secret: she had given them a test the previous day. At the top of the test they had to write their name. While the girls were answering the questions, she would go round making note of their name and the position of their class bench (Al RaHla).

[Ghadirtje]

اطال الله اعمار يهود العراق الذين يتذكرون كل شي عن العراق . ياريت يتذكر ويوثق كل شخص وبالصور ان امكن كل ماجرى . لربما ياتي اليوم وتظهر افلام باسمهم كشهادات للتاريخ .مثلا ذكرت المعلمه الفاضله ست سمحه اسم مدرسه ليبرالي وتحولت بعدها الى المدرسه النظاميه . فاضل شناشيل

[elitiman]

Dear Fathel,

Thank you for your nice sentiments. Sit Semha was very exact with her information, despite her graceful age. The interview lasted for 1 hour and will be published in few months on my website. I will declare it on youtube when it happens.

Eli. ma'a tahiyyAti al 'azIza

[arav00]

One of the biggest mistakes the iraqi regime made in the 70s was banning all private schools. i think private schools are needed in todays iraq.

[Ghadirtje]

My friend Eli .. I hope to see the Youtube Rasheed Street, Baghdad, 1930, and the film it received from a Jewish friend and a section added to it serves as a beautiful and depicts Baghdadi I hope to see ... Thanks and respect ,,,, fathil

[winneragainstallodds]

Eli. What a small world. I am Hussein, Attared's brother living in Houston Tx. Nice talking to you and hope all is well.