Moïse Rahmani

Moïse Rahmani (29 August 1944 – 18 September 2016) was a Belgian Sephardic author, editor, and publisher of Los Muestros (Ladino-French-English language) magazine.

Biography

Rahmani was born in Cairo, Egypt into a Jewish family. His Jewish paternal grandmother was from Rhodes. He grew up in the Heliopolis district.

A resident of Belgium since 1980, Rahmani worked as a diamond dealer.

Los Muestros ceased publication in 2015 due to a combinations of Rahmani's fatigue, declining health, and finances. )

He wrote in three languages. He published the following books (in French):

Rhodes, un pan de notre mémoire (2000): homage to the birthplace of his paternal grandmother on the Aegean Island of Rhodes Shalom Bwana, la saga des Juifs du Congo (2002) Les Juifs du soleil, portraits de Sépharades de Belgique (2002) L’Exode oublié, Juifs des pays arabes (2003) La Réponse de Noa (2003) Lettre à un frère (2007) Juifs du Congo La Confiance et l’Espoir (2007) Tu choisiras le rire (2008) 14 ans, 4 mois, 6 jours (2009) Juifs en terre d’Islam, une minorité opprimée (2009) Une pierre pour l’éternité (2010) Rodi, una parte della nostra memoria (2012)

Legacy

In 2014, King Felipe VI of Spain sent personal wishes for the 25th anniversary of Los Muestros.

In 2015, Rahmani said of his own concept of Convivencia, "In my ideal community, I would no longer be amazed if the head of the Hebrew State visits an Arab country, nor if one of his counterparts visits Israel."

In September 2016, the Centre Communautaire Laïc Juif David Susskind remembered Rahman as a "pillar of the Sephardic community in Brussels, the Jews of Rhodes and memory of Congo" ("Pilier de la communauté sépharade de Bruxelles, mémoire des Juifs de Rhodes et du Congo").