What am I expecting in your presentation: Memoir: summary with comments.  It should follow the country presentation.Country Presentation: Something about the Jews coming to that country and their history. (short) What the community was like during the colonial period.  It begins for example, in  Morocco is 1912; Tunisia late 19th cebtury; Algeria, 1830, Libya 1911, Egypt 1882, etc.).    Their involvement in civic life, Zionism, etc.  anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism;    A comment about urban/rural Jewish populations  (eg. Morocco---Atlas mts=rural/Casblanca=urban;  Iraq---Kurds=rural/Baghdad=urban) . I want a taste not a thesis.  It is to get your feet wet. Comments on how Europeanization (modernity) affected them?  especially religiously?  The foreign powers are different.  eg. Iraq--English; Syria -- French;  Libya--Italian.  Thus, depending on the country you chose, we will hear differences (eg. speaking French with French education) and the use of Arabic. (Iran=Farsi). What happened in 1948---when State of Israel was created---impact on country and the Jewish population. What were waves of migration leaving country.  Where did they go ---Israel/other?  what numbers.  Most of the answers to these questions can be found by searching the internet.  I just want some overview----as I said above, getting your feet wet.  You are NOT going into the weeds but I am getting a GPS on your direction. And most importantly, I get to see how you are beginning to dig the soil.  (If paper 3-4 pages: 2 pages on background of country and about 2 pages on memoir). The country that I have chosen is Iraq and the memoir that I will be looking at is Last Days in Babylon by Marina Benjamin.