In 2013, the novel was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. [1 ] The Baghdad Eucharist follows the fate of a Christian family in Iraq, deeply scarred by the Iraqi diaspora, and centers on Youssef, a septuagenarian…
Christians in Iraq are one of the oldest, continuous and significant Christian communities. The vast majority of Iraqi Christians are indigenous Assyrians who descend from the ancient Assyria, followed by Armenians and Arab Christians, and a…