Daughters of Iraq (26 page)
each other
for two people,
one another
for more than two (e.g., The couple held each
other. The coach was full, and the passengers eyed one another.)
names — persons
Chapter One: Violet Rosen
Violet Twaina Rosen
Aba
(Violet’s Father)
Naima (Violet’s best friend)
Mrs. Chanukah (school administrator?)
Mrs. Zbeida (Violet’s teacher)
Eddie (Violet’s nephew?)
Farida (Violet’s younger sister)
Violet’s mother (mentioned but not by name—Georgia (ch. 2))
Chapter Two: Farida Sasson (youngest daughter)
Aba
(Farida’s and Violet’s father)
Georgia (Farida’s mother)
Ima
(Violet’s and Farida’s mother)
Violet (Farida’s sister; next youngest)
Farcha (Farida’s sister; she and Sammy have 3 children)
Sammy (Farcha’s husband)
Anwar (Farida’s brother; he and Yasmin have 3 children)
Yasmin (Anwar’s wife)
Habiba (Farida’s sister; she and Yaakov have 5 children)
Yaakov (Habiba’s husband)
Edward ((Eddie) Habiba and Yaakov’s oldest son?)
Chapter Three: Noa Rosen
Noa Rosen (Violet’s daughter)
Guy (Noa’s brother; (Violet’s son?))
Ima
= “mom” in Hebrew
Aunt Farida (Violet’s sister)
Aba
(Farida’s and Violet’s father)
Chapter Four: At Aunt Farida’s
Noa
Aunt Farida
Sigali (Farida’s son or daughter?)
Ruthie (Sigali’s daughter?)
Shai (Sigali’s son?)
Oren (?)
Barak (Noa’s ex-boyfriend)
Yaron (Shai’s teacher?)
Guy (Noa’s brother)
Dan (Noa’s father?)
Chapter Five: Farida
Farida (Violet’s sister; Noa’s aunt)
Violet (Farida’s sister; Noa’s mother)
Noa (Violet’s daughter)
Dan (Violet’s husband; Noa’s dad)
Eddie (Farida and Violet’s nephew)
Moshe (Farida’s husband)
Chapter Six: Violet
Violet
Eddie
Aunt Madeline (Violet and Farida’s paternal aunt)
Violet’s mom (Gorjiya)
Violet’s dad (Jacob (or Yaacov))
Violet’s grandmother (maternal or paternal?)
Violet’s grandfather (maternal or paternal?)
Reuven
Chapter Seven: Farida
Farida
Sigal (Farida’s daughter)
Ruthie (Sigal’s daughter)
Shai (Sigal’s son)
Violet
Eddie
Grandmother Habiba (Eddie’s mom; Violet and Farida’s sister)
Farcha (Farida’s sister)
Samira (Farida’s grandmother)
Aunt Madeline
Leila Mourad (famous singer, mentioned in passing)
Abd al-Wahhab (another famous singer, mentioned in passing)
Chapter Eight: The Bar Mitzvah
Violet
Violet’s Grandmother
Eddie
Richie (Eddie’s best friend)
Mr. and Mrs. Hardy (Richie’s parents; Mr. Hardy: manager of the Dept. of Water and Agriculture)
Farida
Habiba (Violet’s and Farida’s sister)
Chacham Sasson (rabbi)
Chapter Nine: Noa
Noa
Ofir (Noa’s roommate)
Ehud
Chapter Ten: Violet
Violet
Samira (Violet’s maternal grandmother)
Chapter Eleven: Noa
Noa
Dan Rosen (Noa’s father)
Guy (Noa’s brother, mentioned by name)
Chapter Twelve: Violet
Violet
Anwar and his wife, Yasmin
Violet’s parents (Gorjiya and Yaakov)
Farcha
Habiba
Eddie
Yosi (Habiba’s son)
Chapter Thirteen: Farida
Farida
Dora (Farida’s Romanian neighbor of 30 years)
Carmella (first floor neighbor)
Jamil (market worker)
Sigal
Shimon (hairdresser)
Chapter Fourteen: Violet
Violet
Farida
Violet’s father
Various other relatives
Chapter Fifteen: Noa
Noa
Dan
Ofir
Chapter Sixteen: Violet
Violet
Farida
Aba
Anwar
Farcha
Ima
Eddie
Chabiba
Chapter Seventeen: Noa
Noa
Ehud
Avram (market proprietor)
Offir
Chapter Eighteen: Farida
Farida
Chapter Nineteen: Violet
Violet
Farida
Miriam (kibbutz mother)
Chapter Twenty: Noa
Noa
Offir
Chapter Twenty-One: Violet
Violet
Eddie
Ima
Grandma Daisy
Evelyn (non-Jewish servant)
Chabiba
Chapter Twenty-Two: Farida
Farida
Sigal (Sigi)
Ruthie (called “Tutti” by Farida)
Chapter Twenty-Three: Violet
Violet
Danny
Guy
Noa
Ima
(Gorjiya, Violet’s mom)
Eddie
Evelyn (
Ima
’s Iraqi servant)
Chapter Twenty-Four: Noa
Noa
Ofir
Guy
Chapter Twenty-Five: Farida
Farida
Ruthie
Chaimke (male neighbor of Farida’s)
Carmella (Iraqi immigrant, neighbor of Farida’s)
Dora and Aaron (Farida’s neighbors)
Chapter Twenty-Six: Violet
Violet
Noa
Guy
Chabiba
Anwar
Adena (Anwar’s daughter)
Farcha
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Violet
Violet
Farida
Chanan (Violet’s first love)
Chanan’s daughter
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Noa
Noa
Ofir
Violet
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Farida
Farida
Victor Cohen
Chapter Thirty: Violet
Violet
Chapter Thirty-One: Noa
Noa
Violet
Chapter Thirty-Two: Violet
Violet
Eddie
Ima
(Violet’s mom)
Chapter Thirty-Three: Noa
Farida
Noa
Oren (and his wife and children)
Sigali
Chapter Thirty-Four: Violet
Violet
Farida
Ima
Aba
Eddie
Chanan (Violet’s boyfriend)
Chapter Thirty-Five: Farida
Farida
Victor Cohen
various family members of Farida’s, mentioned during the phone conversation
Chapter Thirty-Six: Noa
Noa
Aba
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Violet
Violet
Chapter Thirty-Eight: Violet
Violet
Farida
Eddie
Ima
Chanan
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Noa
Noa
Violet
Ehud
Ofir
Chapter Forty: Farida
Farida
Dora
various family members mentioned in passing
Victor Cohen
Eddie
Chapter Forty-One: Violet
Violet
Dan
Farida
Chabiba
Eddie
Chanan
Aba
Ima
Yaakov
Chapter Forty-Two: Noa
Noa
Dan (her dad)
Violet
various family members mentioned in passing
Chapter Forty-Three: Dan
Dan
Violet
Chapter Forty-Four: Noa
Noa
Ehud
Ofir
numbers / sections
Chapter One: Violet Rosen (first person, Violet’s point of view)
Monday, October 15, 1986
Baghdad 1940
Chapter Two: Farida Sasson (third person, Farida’s POV)
Chapter Three: Noa Rosen (third person, Noa’s and Violet’s POV)
Chapter Four: At Aunt Farida’s (third person, Noa’s POV)
Chapter Five: Farida (third person, Farida’s POV)
Chapter Six: Violet (first person, Violet’s POV)
Wednesday, October 17, 1986
Chpater Seven: Farida (third person, Farida’s POV)
Chapter Eight: The Bar Mitzvah (first person, Violet’s POV)
Thursday, October 18, 1986
Chapter Nine: Noa (third person, Noa’s POV)
Friday, January 20, 1987
Chapter Ten: Violet (first person, Violet’s POV)
Chapter Eleven: Noa (third person, Noa’s and Dan’s POV)
Chapter Twelve: Violet (first person, Violet’s POV)
Sunday, January 22, 1987
Chapter Thirteen: Farida (third person, Farida’s POV)
Chapter Fourteen: Violet (first person, Violet’s POV)
Wednesday, February 11, 1987
Chapter Fifteen: Noa (third person; Noa and Ofir’s POV)
Chapter Sixteen: Violet (first person, Violet’s POV)
Sunday, February 15, 1987
Chapter Seventeen: Noa (third person, Noa’s POV)
Chapter Eighteen: Farida (third person, Farida’s POV)
Chapter Nineteen: Violet (first person, Violet’s POV)
Friday, February 27, 1987
Chapter Twenty: Noa (third person, Noa’s and Ofir’s POV)
Monday, February 16, 1987
Chapter Twenty-One: Violet (first person, Violet’s POV)
Sunday, February 17, 1987
Chapter Twenty-Two: Farida (third person, Farida’s POV)
Chapter Twenty-Three: Violet (first person, Violet’s POV)
Sunday, March 1, 1987
Chapter Twenty-Four: Noa (third person, Noa’s POV)
Chapter Twenty-Five: Farida (third person, Farida’s and Ruthie’s POV)
Chapter Twenty-Six: Violet (first person, Violet’s POV)
Monday, March 16, 1987
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Violet (first person, Violet’s POV)
Thursday, March 26, 1987
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Noa (third person, Noa’s POV)
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Farida (third person, Farida’s POV)
Chapter Thirty: Violet (first person, Violet’s POV)
Friday, April 3, 1987
Chapter Thirty-One: Noa (third person, Noa’s POV)
Chapter Thirty-Two: Violet (first person, Violet’s POV)
Chapter Thirty-Three: Noa (third person, Noa’s POV)
Chapter Thirty-Four: Violet (first person, Violet’s POV)
Chapter Thirty-Five: Farida (third person, Farida’s POV)