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Rachel Shabi
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In her writings, she is highly critical of the Israeli government and the mainstream Israeli narrative of the Arab-Israel conflict. Shabi argues that Mizrahi Jews would be better identified as Arabs or people of Arabic descent. She is identified as a post-Zionist.
Life and Shabi was born in Newham, Essex England to an Iraqi Jewish father and an English mother.
She studied politics and literature at the University of Edinburgh. She has written extensively on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Middle East for a variety of national and international newspapers including the Guardian, the Times, English Aljazeera, Jane"s Intelligence Digest, Foreign Policy, the New Statesman and the National (United Arab Emirates).
She was shortlisted for the 2011 Orwell journalism prize and nominated for the 2011 Next Century Foundation cutting edge media award.
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