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I was eight years old when we migrated to New Zealand from Bangladesh. Unfortuna…

I was eight years old when we migrated to New Zealand from Bangladesh. Unfortuna…

by | Jan 12, 2019 | Uncategorized

I was eight years old when we migrated to New Zealand from Bangladesh. Unfortunately, at that time medical degrees from non-English speaking countries weren't recognised, so my father couldn't practise. It was hard for him. It wasn’t great for his...
I was eight years old when we migrated to New Zealand from Bangladesh. Unfortuna…

I was eight years old when we migrated to New Zealand from Bangladesh. Unfortuna…

by | Jan 11, 2019 | Uncategorized

I was eight years old when we migrated to New Zealand from Bangladesh. Unfortunately, at that time medical degrees from non-English speaking countries weren't recognised, so my father couldn't practise. It was hard for him. It wasn’t great for his...
My husband and I both came to Australia as teenagers and we joke about how the o…

My husband and I both came to Australia as teenagers and we joke about how the o…

by | Sep 22, 2018 | Uncategorized

My husband and I both came to Australia as teenagers and we joke about how the only time we feel like we belong somewhere is when we fly over an ocean, because although we belong in two worlds – Zimbabwe and Australia, we also feel we don’t belong to either. My...
I was already a bit of a rebel in East Germany when I was young, but I became a …

I was already a bit of a rebel in East Germany when I was young, but I became a …

by | Aug 26, 2018 | Uncategorized

I was already a bit of a rebel in East Germany when I was young, but I became a bigger rebel later after the wall came down, and I went to study in Berlin. That’s where I met my ex-husband, an Australian musician in a band. I didn’t speak much English in those...
My family is originally from Afghanistan, but when the Taliban took over, they s…

My family is originally from Afghanistan, but when the Taliban took over, they s…

by | Aug 22, 2018 | Uncategorized

My family is originally from Afghanistan, but when the Taliban took over, they started the genocide of the Hazara people there. Unfortunately, we are very easy to identify because we have distinctive facial features so it wasn’t safe for us to live there anymore. As a...
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