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Professor and Writer Andre Aciman on Egyptian Anti-Semitism

Aciman is the author of "Out of Egypt: A Memoir." The book follows Aciman's close-knit, flamboyant Jewish family through 50 years of residence in Alexandria. The family was forced to leave Egypt when Aciman was 14, during a long wave of Anti-Semitism and Arab nationalism.

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Other segments from the episode on February 13, 1995

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, February 13, 1995: Interview with Andre Aciman; Obituary for Paul Monette; Review of Sonny Landreth's album "South of I-10."

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