The Lock Up, Khaled Sabsabi | Exhibition Review
Presented for the first time at The Lock-Up in Newcastle, this is the most significant survey exhibition for Lebanese Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi. It features a fleet of works, from […]
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The Racist Immigrants | Comedy Show Review
‘Racist’ and ‘immigrant’ are two words rarely put so closely together. It’s almost as though they are diametrically opposed whenever they’re mentioned. But in one of Sydney Fringe Festival 2024’s […]
Big Nose, Big Dreams | Performance Review
A debut solo show from an Egyptian-Australian writer and comic who avoids the usual diaspora stories. Big Nose Big Dreams, aptly named for its target audience, was a debut one-man […]
Politica by Yumna Kassab | Book Review
The Politica is Not Personal Sometimes broken promises can be as harmful as a loaded gun. In times of social struggle, defining what constitutes violence can be difficult and fraught […]
Lessons Learned | InterGenerate Launch Event Review
Over nine months, Diversity Arts Australia has produced the InterGenerate Program, in which selected art mentees and mentors from culturally diverse backgrounds facilitated conversations and projects in their disciplines. Selected […]
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Sleeping Rough | Review of Through the Cracks
Who is Elaine Paton and why should you care about her story? She is you; she is me and she could be every woman. This is clear though her writing […]
Finding a Gold Reef | A review of The Great Australian Play
Finding a Gold Reef by Helen Nguyen A review of The Great Australian Play by Kim Ho After returning from the throes of the global pandemic, the iconic Old Fitz […]
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How not to drown in a glass of water by Angie Cruz
Over a round of yerba mate is where I’ve heard the best storytellers. In these circles of trust, tongues and tales become tangible and ideas are formed. Before the written word came to lay claim of colonial histories around the world, this is how my ancestors passed on our truths in conversations as such. And precisely in this manner is how Angie Cruz’s fourth novel How Not To Drown In a Glass of Water speaks to us.
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Daisy and Woolf: Western stories are not the only stories that deserve to be told.
Daisy and Woolf: Western stories are not the only stories that deserve to be told. Cahill’s Daisy and Woolf is a postmodernist triumph because it demands truth telling even in works of the most established literary canon. Cahill achieves this through the ongoing motif of Mina’s mother. Her mother’s journey from Nairobi, England, Australia and her experiences of being an Anglo-Indian woman ground Mina as she imagines the fictionalised life of Daisy. “How much more difficult it would have been for Daisy Simmons to immigrate. I have to give Daisy a voice and a body.” By weaving and threading the life of Daisy together through thoughtful research to understand the socio-political context of the colonised India.
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Songs to Soothe the Diasporic Condition
It has taken years for me to become comfortable with my Lebanese identity. A notable example of this struggle has been my journey with consuming and appreciating Arabic music. “We […]