Rachel Wahba

Moussa (Moses) Where is Your Stick?

Dad and the Egyptian consul were friends. Of course they were. Both loved their Egypt, loved giggling over uniquely silly Egyptian jokes,...

Mar 25, 2017

When proponents of Sharia Law organize national Women’s Marches it is time to ask questions. Do organizers Linda Sarsour and Gloria...

Feb 16, 2017

“Can you be “less of a Jew?” she asked over lunch. “No, but I can be more of one.” I wasn’t “too Jewish” like Jackie Mason or even...

Jan 21, 2017

Rachel Wahba is a writer, psychotherapist, and co-founder of Olivia Travel/Companies. An Iraqi -Egyptian Jew, born in India, she grew up in Japan.

The many dimensions of

displacement and exile are a constant theme in her work as a writer, therapist, and in her activism as a Mizrahi Jew who grew up stateless.