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,...

Women In Leadership

#WomeninLeadership I recently Chaired the second day of a two day conference on ‘Women in Leadership’, with the theme, ‘How to be Changemakers’. Held in Melbourne, this conference involved keynotes from Lord Mayor, Sally Capp, the Vic Equal Opportunity & Human...

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...

Carlton’s Unity Cup runneth over with goodwill..

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...