Dear Jida, We’d be friends in different circumstances, wouldn’t we? Such fast friends. We’re alike, you and I. We’re pensive. We’re readers. We’re emotional. It seems unfair to me that now that […]
Hazinah: a letter to my grandfather
Knafeh Bakery pop-up brings Jerusalem to the streets of Sydney
When I first stumbled across photos of Knafeh Bakery on Instagram, I double-tapped in a frenzy. Knafeh served from a shipping container? Yes, please. A pop-up bakery inspired by the streets of […]
On Dementia: Husks and Humanity
My phone beeped and I opened the text. It swam by in a blur, but part of it lanced deep. ‘…the nursing home is awfully loud and full of husks of bodies, which […]
Fever for Football
“The thing about football – the important thing about football – is that it is not just about football.” – Terry Pratchett “I don’t understand! How can you care so much when […]
Minority within an Arab minority
Growing up in Australia’s Arab community was, to put it simply, weird. I thought that I had committed blasphemy when I first told my Lebanese classmates that tabouli and manoush did not […]
