Forget Baghdad is an innovative documentary directed by Samir, the son of an Iraqi Communist who immigrated to Switzerland. It focuses on the lives of four writers — Shimon Ballas, Sami Michael, Samir Naqqash, and Moussa Houri — who live in Israel and reflect upon the challenges they have undergone as Sephardis, Mizrahim, or Arab Jews. Like the director's father, they all started out as Communists but now they have moved on to other commitments and pursuits. These men still feel a yearning for Iraq and regret their forced exile due to prejudice against Jews. They also feel that they have been poorly treated in Israel — especially since the Palestinian uprising. In one of the most interesting moments, one writer reflects on his feelings when missiles from Iraq fell on Tel Aviv's Iraqi suburb.

In order to give even more flair to the proceedings, Samir includes lengthy interviews with Ella Shohat, a scholar of Israeli cinema who talks about examples of Arab stereotyping in films including the 1964 release Salla Shabat. She appears on an Israeli talk show and irritates the host when she says Arab Jews experience prejudice in the society. Forget Baghdad probes the twilight existence of four Arab Jews who have struggled with the burdens of bigotry in Iraq where they were born and in Israel where they now live.