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 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.
Scroll down to view my published articles, social media accounts and teacher resources.
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 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.
Scroll down to view my published articles, social media accounts and teacher resources.
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Some anthologies I have contributed to
My articles
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
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
Resources for Teachers
I work as a high school teacher and teach across four subject areas: English, English as an Additional Language, Humanities and Creative Writing. I have been teaching for six years and each year is getting easier, mostly because I have now taught across all year levels 7-10 and subject areas and have created resources to support my teaching. Go to my Resources for Teachers page.
In the first five years of teaching more than 50% of teachers leave the teaching profession. I came dangerously close to becoming a part of this statistic after numerous burn outs throughout my first four years. I want to do something to change this and so every Monday I will be a mentor by sharing my teaching resources and classroom tips.
Creating resources is where I get to put to use my creativity and my writing background and I want them to have a larger audience. Feel free to share, use and adapt my resources.
In the first five years of teaching more than 50% of teachers leave the teaching profession. I came dangerously close to becoming a part of this statistic after numerous burn outs throughout my first four years. I want to do something to change this and so every Monday I will be a mentor by sharing my teaching resources and classroom tips.
Creating resources is where I get to put to use my creativity and my writing background and I want them to have a larger audience. Feel free to share, use and adapt my resources.