OAM Appreciation

I want to thank all of you who have messaged me from far and wide over the past few days for being awarded an OAM. When I arrived in Bendigo from Kenya (via Alice Springs) at the age of 5, my aspirations were far fetched for a little brown kid missing two front teeth,...

Coming of Age Goes for a Gong!

News just in that ‘Coming of Age: Growing up Muslim in Australia’ was shortlisted for the 2015 Children’s Book of the Year Awards nonfiction category! In the finest of company with contributors including   Randa Abdel-Fattah, Alyena...

Welcome Back Chopra

Was thrilled to enjoy a memorable morning in Bendigo (central Victoria), the country town in which I grew up. Beginning with a breakfast presentation for community leaders about Understanding Islam and Muslims in Australia, I went on to meet some inspiring people and...

Melbourne Review Profiles Tasneem Chopra

Cross-Cultural Consultant and Curator at the Immigration Museum’s Faith, fashion, fusion exhibition. In the early 1980s, Tasneem Chopra was a Year 9 student at Bendigo’s Girton College. One sunny morning, when the students were restless and assembly was underway, the...