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...

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...

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...

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...

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...