Drumming to the Beat of Fair Pay

Tonight on ABC’s The Drum, I addresses issues from Mugabes resignation to the issue of low wages and increased expectations- challenging ideas that part time workers who are overworked and underpaid DO NOT appreciate the exploitation or have the luxury of...

Stuff Not Fluff: Bringing Academic Insights to the ‘burbs

To celebrate the UN International Peace Day 2017 on 21st November, Basmala ISU and Islamic Council of NSW hosted a Double Book Launch which I emceed, called:  “Stuff not Fluff: Improving Narratives on Refugees and Migrants Though Increased Dialogue & Informed...

Attending the #ICV Annual Dinner, featuring Keynote Speaker: Prof Gillian Triggs, Former Pres. of the Australian Human Rights Commission. She addressed:‘Rising Islamophobia in a Post Truth World’. Included in her speech were: The importance of pushing back against...

Lenticular Dwellings & Diasporas: People & Places

At ‘Lenticular Dwelling’ – a fascinating lecture by Professor Ghassan Hage. As part of the ADI Symposium: “Aesthetic Anxiety or Performative Subjectivity: National narratives encountering migrant architecture”  In summary- this examined how...