Reuven Snir
رؤوفين سنير
Compares Naqqash and Sami Michael as Iraqi Jewish authors who chose opposite linguistic strategies in Israel.
הסופר היהודי הכי מפורסם שלא הכרתם: למה לא שמעתם על סמיר נקאש?
מרים זקהיים
أشهر كاتب يهودي لم تكن تعرفه: لماذا لم تسمع بسمير نقاش؟
Iraqi Jews in Mandatory Palestine and Israel: Culture, Memory and Literature
Orit Bashkin
أوريت باشكين
Contextualises Naqqash within a broader cultural history of Iraqi Jews in Israel; chapter 4 devoted to literary production including Naqqash.
The Search for Identity in the Works of Samīr Naqqāsh
Geula Elimelekh
جيئولا إليملك
Geula Elimelekh examines how Samīr Naqqāsh, uprooted from Baghdad in the mass emigration of Iraqi Jews to Israel, struggled with alienation and an unresolved search for identity. Focusing on the collections I, They and Ambivalence (1978) and The Day the World Became Pregnant and Miscarried (1980), she shows how his stories set a cherished Iraqi childhood against his difficult life in Israel.
