What Mizrahi Jews Remember About the Arab World | Ciara Shalome

In this episode of the What The Falafel podcast, Jodie Brandman sits down with Ciara Shalome, creator of the sensational Instagram page: The Mizrahi Story.Ciara has spent years documenting the stories, memories and voices of Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews from across the Middle East and North Africa.We talk about what “Mizrahi” actually means, the discrimination many Mizrahi Jews experienced after arriving in Israel, and the complicated reality of Jewish life across countries like Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Morocco.Ciara talks openly about how she used to see the world in black and white, and how listening to people who actually lived through these experiences completely changed the way she thinks.This is a conversation about Jewish identity, memory, culture, propaganda, social media, polarisation, Muslim-Jewish relationships, and the importance of being willing to see the grey… because history and people are layered.If you enjoy this episode, subscribe to What The Falafel and come join us for more conversations about Jewish life, culture, identity, achievement, spirituality and the things that make us proud to be part of this crazy, brilliant tribe!→ Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wtfalafelpodcast/ → Host: https://www.instagram.com/jodiebrandman/ → Partnered with Jewish News: https://www.instagram.com/jewishnews/→ Find Ciara: https://www.instagram.com/themizrahistory/Sponsors:→ Contemporary Judaica: https://contemporaryjudaica.co.ukShowroom by appointment: 58 Crewys Road, NW2 2AD→ Presteez bars: https://urlgeni.us/amazon/10falafel Use code Falafel10 for 10% off!Chapters:00:00 What is Mizrahi?08:29 Contemporary Judaica09:40 Discrimination14:33 Ciaras Story, Yemenite and Baghdadi Jews22:31 Presteez23:02 Nuances and Scrolling29:06 The current climate32:12 A Jew and the Quran35:52 Stories1ZOUIIDKKIWW7318