It was the best of times… It was the worst of times. Scrap that. This ordeal takes the prize for the worst of times. It is right up there with childbirth, minus […]
Travelling with children? Don’t.
Cedars of Lebanon and the Lebanon Carnival
Established in 1977, the Cedars of Lebanon Folkloric Group is a long time advocate of Lebanese culture in Australia. The group’s founder, Elie Akouri, began it as a way to form friendships […]
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 […]
The problems with Miss Lebanon Australia
One of the first confronting and invasive questions that I was asked by a tutor during my first year at university was whether or not my parents would marry me off at […]
Exile and the role of the intellectual
Edward Said was a wonderful scholar whose writing has inspired me over many years. Having worked in the area of Islamic studies and having read a lot of slanted and downright inaccurate […]
