We came to Australia from Jordan when I was 9, and we ended up living in Castle Hill, a very Christian area. As a result, I went to a public school filled with Christian teachers, where I was one of the few Muslims in my school. So I was already different, but then...
In October, my town was liberated from ISIS, and some of the residents eventually went back. There was nothing left in my house, not even the children’s beds, but one of my neighbours found my photo album and some individual photos scattered in the street, so he...
I’m from a Syriac Catholic group who lived in Iraq. As Christians, we didn’t have any problems with others in our country. We were hard workers, we were faithful to our country and to the Arab citizens, but unfortunately, the situation in our country made big problems...
I am Karen, one of the ethnic groups from Myanmar subjected to ethnic cleansing for many decades. When I was five months old, civil war struck our village and my family had to flee to a refugee camp on the border of Thailand, where I lived for 12 years. During summer,...
My tummy was never once full in our whole life until two years after we came to Australia. Our family was from the poorest place in Vietnam that you could find, and when I was growing up, most of our food consisted of stuff collected from the side of the road, if you...
