Interviewing for a LaTrobe University “Lawn Lunch” promo for 2017- spruiking the specific Lentil As Anything link-to all things culinary and culturally diverse. In particular I shared the Lentil philosophy, it’s varied services as well as my...
A pleasant change in pace today presenting for a Regional Arts Victoria gig :”critiquing cultural leadership, speaking truth to power”. I was specifically asked ‘not to prepare’ – in order the participants (alumni of the RAV leadership...
Speaking to high school students from across Melbourne about my writing in ‘Coming of Age: Growing Muslim in Australia’ along with Osamah Sami, author of ‘Good Muslim Boy’ at the @melbwritersfest. Superbly moderated by the brilliant...
Tonight I joined a small group of alumni, friends and staff of La Trobe University for the Melbourne launch of Exhibit E(migrate); a celebration of the Australian emigrant story. As a university that celebrates diversity and social inclusion, La Trobe’s...
Today I was thrilled to show Dan de Sousa aka ‘Dan from Optus around the IMA. Some of you may know about the legend of Dan during his time as the online Optus customer service guy who famously corrected countless racist comments on Optus’s Facebook page in...
This weekend I attended the Bendigo Writers Festival 2016, held in its notable arts precinct, for a fifth consecutive year. Day 1 was the festival opening which included a panel discussion with Benjamin Law, Ita Buttrose and David Astle, discussing ...
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