Rachel Wahba

Muslim Superhero from Wahba Street

When Hussein Mansour opens his mouth about growing up in Egypt, Jew hatred, and Israel, I wish my father was still alive. I met Hussein a...

One Jew at a Time

“Each time I come here, I get permission to be a Zionist, I didn’t know it was ok…” My twenty-something Passover Seder guest didn’t know...

Changing the World One Smile at a Time

It’s been a long time and we travelled many seas, and survived many storms. It has not been easy being a lesbian company, but the rewards...

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.