I am an author, reader and teacher. My memoir Things Nobody Knows But Me about being parented by a Bi Polar mother from a Non-English Speaking Background was published by Transit Lounge in 2019 and was shortlisted for the 2020 National Biography Award. Read more about it here. Memoir extracts have been published in anthologies Meet Me at the Intersection and Rebellious Daughters.
I am co-editor of the anthology Growing up Muslim in Australia that was shortlisted for the 2015 Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Award for Information Books and was selected by the Grattan Institute for the 2015 Summer Reading List for Prime Minister.
I work as a high school teacher and teach across four subject areas: English, English as an Additional Language, Humanities and Creative Writing. If you are an educator check out my Resources for Teachers page. I have written teaching notes for Growing up Muslim in Australia, Meet Me at the Intersection and memoir Muddy People by Sara El Sayed.
My non fiction has been published in Overland, Southerly, The Guardian, SBS Voices and AEU Magazine. Scroll down to view my articles.
I am the author of a novel for children Amir: Friend on Loan, and of award winning young adult novel The Good Daughter. I was born and raised in Melbourne’s Western Suburbs where I work as a high school teacher. I am completing a PhD in Creative Writing at La Trobe University.
I am co-editor of the anthology Growing up Muslim in Australia that was shortlisted for the 2015 Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Award for Information Books and was selected by the Grattan Institute for the 2015 Summer Reading List for Prime Minister.
I work as a high school teacher and teach across four subject areas: English, English as an Additional Language, Humanities and Creative Writing. If you are an educator check out my Resources for Teachers page. I have written teaching notes for Growing up Muslim in Australia, Meet Me at the Intersection and memoir Muddy People by Sara El Sayed.
My non fiction has been published in Overland, Southerly, The Guardian, SBS Voices and AEU Magazine. Scroll down to view my articles.
I am the author of a novel for children Amir: Friend on Loan, and of award winning young adult novel The Good Daughter. I was born and raised in Melbourne’s Western Suburbs where I work as a high school teacher. I am completing a PhD in Creative Writing at La Trobe University.
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My articles
I was broke as a teen, but my daughter doesn't have to be, SBS Voices, 10.09.21
Stir of Echoes: Kevin Bacon attempts to unearth dark secrets in working-class Chicago, The Guardian, 20.08.21
Being 'best friends' with your daughter isn't what you'd expect, SBS Voices, 16.08.21
How I came to terms with my type 2 diabetes diagnosis, SBS Voices, 28.06.21
Why I keep a journal for my daughter, SBS Voices, 13.01.21
What no one tells you about living with a partner with PTSD, SBS Voices, 09.12.20
The Perks of Sleeping Separately from my partner, SBS Voices, 02.12.20
8372 Flowers for Srebrenica, Overland, 08.07.20
I hated remote teaching during the Covid-19 lockdown. It should never replace the classroom, The Guardian, 08.06.20
I'm a Teacher and Remote Teaching Makes Me Feel Like a Failure, SBS Voices, 01.05.20
Starting over-finding the true measure of success to avoid burnout, AEU Magazine, 01.04.20
How my mother's Bi Polar disorder affected me, SBS Voices, 13.03.20
Saying Goodbye to My mother After her unexpected death, SBS Voices, 03.02.20
Searching for a message from my mother after she died. SBS Voices, 12.12.19
My high school counsellor transformed my life forever, SBS, 27.11.19
Growing up Under the Shadow of my mother's bi polar, SBS Voices, 14.06.19
Allies in Creative Writing, Southerly, 24.05.19
Stir of Echoes: Kevin Bacon attempts to unearth dark secrets in working-class Chicago, The Guardian, 20.08.21
Being 'best friends' with your daughter isn't what you'd expect, SBS Voices, 16.08.21
How I came to terms with my type 2 diabetes diagnosis, SBS Voices, 28.06.21
Why I keep a journal for my daughter, SBS Voices, 13.01.21
What no one tells you about living with a partner with PTSD, SBS Voices, 09.12.20
The Perks of Sleeping Separately from my partner, SBS Voices, 02.12.20
8372 Flowers for Srebrenica, Overland, 08.07.20
I hated remote teaching during the Covid-19 lockdown. It should never replace the classroom, The Guardian, 08.06.20
I'm a Teacher and Remote Teaching Makes Me Feel Like a Failure, SBS Voices, 01.05.20
Starting over-finding the true measure of success to avoid burnout, AEU Magazine, 01.04.20
How my mother's Bi Polar disorder affected me, SBS Voices, 13.03.20
Saying Goodbye to My mother After her unexpected death, SBS Voices, 03.02.20
Searching for a message from my mother after she died. SBS Voices, 12.12.19
My high school counsellor transformed my life forever, SBS, 27.11.19
Growing up Under the Shadow of my mother's bi polar, SBS Voices, 14.06.19
Allies in Creative Writing, Southerly, 24.05.19