Short but illuminating piece from Middle East Online, about the emigration of the Sabeans/Mandeans of Iraq, an Aramaic-using sect with ties to both early Judaism and early Christianity. In one episode of his pre-Gulf War series "Legacy" (which I've been showing to my classes for almost 20 years), Michael Wood featured a Mandean wedding. Now the community seems to be nearing extinction, at least in Iraq, courtesy of Messrs. Saddam Hussein and Bush pere et fils.
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