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Cynthia in Baghdad at five years old https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1487114266833-7DV9RA0C2FJCFLYIGC9O/cynthia2-2.jpg Gallery - Cynthia's siblings Linda, David, and Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1487114267799-WY8R3GNP26XRK97R6R5L/CynthiaIraqphotos.jpg Gallery - Photos from a party at Cynthia's home in Baghdad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1487114271473-TTF7E8H6SRYUP24YNAAA/%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%93%D7%99%D7%92%D7%99%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA-143.jpg Gallery - Passport of Cynthia's grandparents Salima and Ephraim Zakry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1487114271049-P2R2ECKZNUWS38IUTGI5/passport22.jpg Gallery - Cynthia's grandparent's passport with the stamp of King Faisal II, the last king of Iraq https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1487114271284-VAPFNWS0UFB8OG41ISLK/%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%93%D7%99%D7%92%D7%99%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA-138.jpg Gallery - Cynthia's grandparents' passport from 1952, which lists their religion as Jewish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1487114268191-9F3EGSBJLHQQ3ADTWFM9/cynthiasparents.jpg Gallery - Engagement of Cynthia's grandparents, Naim Shamash and Layla Zakry, in 1952 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1487114267850-VR4LSIRD3JMG6KRAXVG3/cynthiagalleryphoto.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1487114267923-XU422ZDNP8Y62I9EBOCG/cynthiamomiraq.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1487114268555-FNH6SNOLGHNQJPE5T6HQ/cynthiapassport.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1487114269952-P9KLTHMECY69EL46S9HK/FAMILY.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1487114271232-T055XK7TJTNRQTPLNIPG/King_Faysal1.jpg Gallery https://www.cynthiakaplanshamash.com/contact daily 0.75 2017-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1488323875823-B7820TO3EQBYJQPLJEU9/image-asset.jpeg Contact contact@cynthiakaplanshamash.com https://www.cynthiakaplanshamash.com/appearances daily 0.75 2017-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1488324888931-NFIBFYJ1V4DF0KRFAIXJ/cynthiaspeaking.jpg Appearances Cynthia speaking at Queens College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1488324886619-O5N2XPFYN3I2PFDXQRV9/ACH_2007.jpg Appearances Cynthia hugging audience member whose parents emigrated from Iraq after Queens College speech https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1488324887868-DDER8BE4BR944FCGRCIC/cynthiababylonianheritagespeaking.jpg Appearances Cynthia speaking at The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Ohr Yehuda, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a3473ebe65940177830cfa/1488324889371-IG1RQR46LATSGKTM3NLC/CynthiaUN.jpg Appearances (Left) Cynthia with Gina Waldman and Nathaniel Malka of JIMENA at UN International Memorial day. 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