Serving Her Best Shot , Naomi’s Way

Huge Respect for Naomi Osaka..   Naomi Osaka wearing a Breonna Taylor mask at the US Open today is a powerful expression of solidarity with the #BLM movement. Her choice to assert her activism demonstrates yet again how combatting racism on all platforms is vital...

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Connecting Services Across the Globe

I recently joined #ImamConnect (IC), the world's first platform for Muslim community services and the easiest way to find qualified service providers worldwide. Some time ago, IC realised that whenever a bespoke Muslim service was needed, for ourselves, our family or...

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Who Gets to Tell My Story?

Whose realities are reflected everyday? This week’s supermarket magazine isle tile-of-shame reifies a skewed vision of Australian women in the world we live ... what do you see? What don’t you see? A recent report tabled by #mediadiversityaustralia, ‘Who Gets to Tell...

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Taking Space, Then & Now

Revisiting my 2014 debut on ABC's Q&A during the #MelbourneWritersFestival at BMW Edge, Federation Square. Aside from initial nerves about a live audience telecast across the nation/Australasia thing, I loved the adrenalin rush from thinking on my feet with only...

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Not the Brightest IKEA…

Integrity of practice matters when businesses seek to be meaningfully inclusive. This could be as simple as retaining cultural experts to inform a project intended for a key demographic. Diversity and inclusion is more than optics- and this example from an IKEA store...

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A Zoom with the Wow Factor

Weekend zoom reunion with the #Aspire program alumni, via #szcc @victoriauniversity. Was wonderful to see so many past participants achieving big things this year, despite the lockdown impact. Courage, resilience and entrepreneurial spirit, aptly describe their...

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A Blueprint to Remember

#tb to 2016, sitting on a panel organised by the Australian Human Rights Commission and legal firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth to discuss Leading for Change. This was based on the seminal report 'Leading for Change: A Blueprint on Cultural Diversity and Inclusive...

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A Rally Call for #LittleBrownWomen

A wonderful conversation tonight with members of the Girls Leadership Group of #YouthActivatingYouth. I spoke candidly about the challenges I’ve encountered during my career tackling bigotry in the media and workplace. I rallied these young women onward to boldly step...

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Drumming with Fury..

https://twitter.com/abcthedrum/status/1291654929124225024?s=21 In tonight’s #The Drum:  Joining Ellen Fanning is Director of the Sydney Festival Wesley Enoch, Foreign Affairs Consultant Erin Watson-Lynn, political journalist Malcolm Farr and Cross-cultural consultant...

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The Great Australian Dream, in Colour

‘What Does the Great Australian Dream Resemble when your Fair Go isn’t So Fair?’ This was the topic Cross-cultural consultant & author Tasneem Chopra OAM lead in a thought-provoking discussion for the National Library of Australia’s  ‘Seasons of Dreams’ series....

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