Tasneem’s Blog Archive
Unbelonging, Resilience and Eurovision…stories made for Mothers Day!
Today’s Saturday Afternoon Show dissected: animal rescue(RSPCA, CEO); the Syria crisis (Dr Ben MacQueen); Resilient & Aspiring Women (Mariam Issa); stories of unbelonging (Maxine Beneba Clarke); body dysmorphia (Taarin Brumfit) ....and live soul/pop (#SOP!)music...
Emojis, Endo, Oz Harvest and more… Saturday Afternoon Program
Enjoyed having Omar Pervaiz of KulturShok tallk about the draw to his guitar work, as he played an instrumental piece to end today’s segment on the #saturdayafternoon program for #abcradioaustralia today. Catch the full program online including music from Dire...
Sorry Means You Don’t Do It Again
Tonight I attended the launch of the HRAFF (Human Rights @ Arts Film Festival), screening ‘After the Apology’. The film was preceded with a speech from Indigenous actress and activist, Shareena Clanton, speaking to a very personal connection to International trauma...
Two Bald Guys & A Turbanista
#NewsTherapy with Raf & Jonathan this evening was all kinds of emotion, from: caller Barry incensed at any critiquing of Trump; the Macron/Trump & Kanye/Trump Twitter explosions; the North & South Korean leaders making a landmark border crossing;...
Drumming Up
Tonight’s Drum featured: Graeme Innes, Holly Ransom, Jane Fitzgerald and myself- discussing the Government’s decision to scrap the Medicare levy increase to fund the NDIS , the job criteria for the next Race Discrimination Commissioner, an exhibition featuring 200...
Call to Alms
Enjoyed presenting a guest lecture at RMIT for the 2nd year Global Studies cohort, on the topic of ‘Zakat(Alms Giving) via Muslim Development NGO’s, within Australia’. From community based entities, to larger structural set ups, these charity initiatives were...
Disrupting the Joint- Artfully
Enjoyed a fabulous evening tonight dissecting the the pathways to ‘Inclusive Workplaces for Better Organisational Outcomes’, run by Deakin University Arts Management. This was a conversation focused on diversifying organisational practice and audience engagement- both...
ABC Saturday Afternoon Show: Science, Arts & Comedy – a digital radio treat
Today on ABC’s digital radio Saturday Afternoon program, across Australia, we canvassed: women in science & the EPA (Dr Andrea Hinwood), mobility in weather, refugee music programs, what to expect when you’re expat-ting (Saeed Saeed), #SammyJ and a live...
Speed Dating for Gender Equality
Getting my UNAA (United Nations Assoc. Of Australia, Victorian Division), Empowerment & Education: Speed Date Mentoring Event, on. Just rolls around off the tongue, hey ?! As one of twelve mentors, I had the opportunity to meet numerous women aspiring to be part...
ABC Radio, Australia, Episode 3 – from: surviving school holidays, to Spoken Words that raze
Fun this week in studio hosting the #SaturdayAfternoonShow on #abcradio Australia (digital). Topics included school holiday length, getting the balance between harassment and defamation in court, Parkinson’s disease, Ryan Kennedy (#artysmarty: winner Lorne Bienale...