Rachel Shabi and the complexities of antisemitism 

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  Hello and welcome to Meet the Writers, I'm Georgina Godwin.

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  My guest today is a British-Israeli journalist and author.

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  She's a contributing writer to The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The New York Times, The Times and many more.

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  Her first book, We Look Like The Enemy, released in 2009, received a National Jewish Book Award.

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  She was shortlisted for the 2011 Orwell Journalism Prize and was a joint winner in the press category of the Anna Lynn Journalism Award

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  for reporting across cultures in the same year.

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  In 2013, she won the International Media Awards Cutting Edge Prize and her latest work is Off-White,

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  The Truth About Antisemitism.

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  It delves into the miscommunication and misinformation surrounding antisemitism and how it's affecting our society today.

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  Off-White addresses the need to understand and confront antisemitism at a time when it's being downplayed by parts of the left and exploited by others on the right.

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  Rachel Shabee, welcome to Meet the Writers.

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  Hello, thanks so much for having me on.

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  So it's great to have you here.

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  I guess we were first introduced about 20 years ago.

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  We see each other on and off in various places and it's just wonderful to have you back looking exactly the same,

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  I have to say.

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  Oh, absolutely, right back at you, yeah, haven't changed a bit.

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  This book is extraordinary and to really understand where you're coming from,

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  I think it's important to get a sense of your life and your background in particular because your parents are from Iraq.

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  Yes, they are from Iraq.

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