From: The Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples/Iraqis/Muhammad A. Shuraydi
Tareq Ismael and Jacqueline Ismael, “The Republic of Iraq,” in Politics and Government in the Middle East and North Africa, edited by Tareq Ismael and Jaqueline Ismael (Miami, Flo., 1991) 151–87, is a comprehensive overview of the modern history of Iraq beginning with the monarchical period of 1921–58 and ending with Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990. Readers interested in British colonial policy towards Iraq and the country’s history during this century should refer to Peter Sluglett, Britain in Iraq 1914–32 (London, 1976); and Peter Sluglett and Marion Farouk-Sluglett, Iraq since 1958: From Revolution to Dictatorship (London, 1987).
Literature dealing specifically with Iraqi Canadians is non-existent. The few available works on the Arab-Canadian community have some information on Iraqi Canadians; the best is by Baha Abu-Laban, An Olive Branch on The Family Tree: The Arabs in Canada (Toronto, 1980). Recently, Farid Ohan and Ibrahim Hayani, in The Arabs in Ontario: A Misunderstood Community (Toronto, 1993), have provided statistical data on Iraqi Canadians specifically. Of relevance also is Tareq Ismael, ed., Canadian Arab Relations: Policy and Perspectives (Ottawa, 1984), and Andrew Matthew, “An Exploration of Arab Stereotypes during the Gulf War Crisis” (M.A. thesis, University of Windsor, 1992).
