Resilience Under Fire

I presented a keynote today at the ‘Resilient Women’ forum in Darebin for the Darebin City Council.  The purpose was to give context to the lived experience of Islamophobia afflicting Australian Muslim women, knowing with whom culpability for this...

What is Humanitarianism?

Just presented at the Swinburne University ‘Youth Humanitarian Festival’ on ‘What is humanitarianism’ (answer: core respect, compassion and inclusivity- among other responsibilities). Great questions from the floor, too.  Congratulations...

From North Korea to Wakanda and everything in between

Tonight I featured on ABC Melbourne’s, News Therapy with Drive host, Raphael Epstein and The Saturday Paper’s Editor, Erik Jenson.  Critiquing the week in review, we traversed issues from the humanitarian disaster of the Rohingan genocide, testing...

A Knight for Storytelling Royalty

Enjoyed some scintillating banter tonight  with screenwriter legend, Andrew Knight, as we fielded audience questions post a screening of ‘Ali’s Wedding’ at @palacewestgarth.   Andrew spoke to his experience working on the film, his...

Write from the Start

Last Thursday I was thrilled to speak at the Kilvington Grammar Writers Festival Awards ceremony. Recipients from junior, middle and upper secondary were recognised for their written contributions to the theme of ‘Courage’. I took the opportunity to...