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,...
This morning I facilitated an Alexandria Agenda workshop on Faith & Identity, as part of Carlton Football Club’s Interfaith Cup event. There were four faith based schools participating in Scotch College, the Australian International Academy, King David and...
You have heard of a fashionista but what about a hijabista? The latest exhibition at the Immigration Museum Faith, fashion, fusion: Muslim women’s style in Australia sheds light on an intriguing corner of a multimillion-dollar fashion industry we rarely hear about....
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...
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