Tasneem’s Blog Archive
Failing Children the World Over
The world is failing these children, at chronic risk of sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking, as they lurch from one trauma to the next. This excerpt from the compelling report by the IFRC ‘Alone & Unsafe: Children, Migration, Sexual and Gender Based...
Virtual Spirituality- from Mecca to Marree
The Islamic Museum of Australia has launched an incredible new VR experience, ‘Mecca to Marree’. This virtual journey takes you from the site of Islam’s first mosque, in Mecca, to the first mosque constructed in Australia. Through incredibly realistic rendering of...
A Devotional Cut Above the Rest
The Islamic Museum of Australia is currently showing a stunning exhibition called 'Bismillah- Devotional Papercutting', by award winning Perth based artist, Tusif Ahmad. An ensemble of intricately cut designs, these fifteen works convey themes of spirituality and...
The Istanbul Connection
At the conclusion of 2 weeks in Istanbul following an eventful schedule with the #musiad expo and meeting various colleagues in the communications sector, I’m feeling elated and grateful. Gratitude in particular for the wonderful contacts & knowledge I’ve gained....
Memorialise That
Violence against women is the single greatest domestic threat to women in Australia with more than one a week being killed by an intimate partner. This is TERROR. Despite campaigns and messaging to call it out, this terror continues to rise. Contact your local MP to...
Don’t Be a Jill
Sunday rant: At a recent ‘fundraiser for refugees’ gig I attended, a middle-aged white woman, Jill, approached my friend and I to compliment us on our ‘turban styles’. She proceeded to tell us about her friend with cancer who would love to learn such styles to help...
Human Rights Under Attack
Presenting this afternoon at the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) Conference on the panel; Are human rights under attack and do we have an obligation to uphold them? Facilitation from the ABC’s Religion & Ethics host, Scott Stephens. My...
Metropolis 2018 – The Nexus Of Indigenous & Migrant Women’s Voices
A female led panel at the @Metropolis_2018 conference with the brilliant Jackie Huggins, Nova Peris, Antoinette Braybrook@NyadolNyuon, and Uieta Kaufusi We shared a powerful dialogue about Indigenous and CALD women’s intercultural and intersectional experiences on...
Drumming Up Fear to Win Favor
On Tonight's episode of 'The Drum': with Craig Reuchassel(host), Catherine Morrison, Paul Harcher (SMH) and Tasneem Chopra Do you have any concerns over the National Party allowing members linked to white supremacy and neo-Nazi movements, to explain their actions...
Dine4Dignity
Tonight I attended a ‘Dining4Dignity’ event organised by a group of young Somali Australian women. These entrepreneurial minds are embarking upon a mission to provide medical relief to women enduring Fistula in Somalia. This debilitating condition affects women...