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Fatima Shafaie’s work with refugees is an example for Australians to follow. As a child, Fatima Shafaie used to lay out newspapers at home and read them like a newsreader. “It was a very unconscious...
By Shayan

9 years ago
Australia
Hazara refugee now doctor tells modern day refugee success story

By Tony Moore Afghanistani refugee Dr Homa Forotan came to Brisbane in 2005 and is working towards becoming a cardiologist. Photo: Michelle Smith Hazara refugee, now doctor Homa Forotan is just one Brisbane example of...
By admin

10 years ago
Australia
More than 20,000 asylum seekers receive work rights after years living in forced destitution

By Nick Toscano, Workplace Reporter Asylum seeker Hamid, a Hazara Afghan, received work rights three weeks ago and is now working as a paver and a bricklayer. Photo: Simon Schluter How sweet it is to...
By admin

10 years ago
Australia
Asylum seekers’ plight in focus at insightful breakfast

By Dr. Marco Ceccarelli Ashraff Mohammad has experienced first-hand what it means to be the member of a persecuted minority. He recently shared his story at Conversations About People Seeking Asylum in Australia breakfast, held...
By admin

10 years ago
Australia
Frontiers of Hope – Indonesia To Australia

by Jewel Topsfield Australia resettled 11,600 people in 2014. But in our neighbourhood, thousands of genuine refugees remain in limbo. Khadim Dai is one. Khadim Dai has met Oscar-winning filmmakers and Indonesian politicians. He was...
By Hazara International

10 years ago
Australia
Joeys-selection-caps-roar-teens-amazing-journey

By Brisbane Roar Hazara Roar player Rahmat Akbari has been named in the Joeys squad aiming to qualify for the 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup. Brisbane Roar’s Hazara teenager Rahmat Akbari is living the Australian...
By admin

10 years ago
Australia
‘We nearly died’: Hazara refugee risks everything for new life

Zahir Hassan Zada is a Hazara refugee living in Renmark. He is picking fruit and studying English as a second language at TAFE while waiting to secure Australian citizenship and bring his wife and young...
By Hazara International

10 years ago
Australia
Refugee looks back on ordeal of seeking asylum and being detained in Nauru

BY GUY CREIGHTON A. B. CWhen 10-year-old Mohammad Baqiri saw a bird flying across the sky, the significance had little bearing on his mind. It was the first bird he...
By Hazara International

10 years ago
Australia
A letter with the affliction of my soul

by Habiba Roshan Dear a father, a mother, a sibling to the empty plate, we all wait you have given me the journey of unexpected You’ve activated me to the world of mystery It’s drastically...
By Hazara International

10 years ago
Australia
Sydney: Hazaras protest kidnappings

Photos by Asad Amir On April 11, 2015 The Hazara community protested the indifference of the Afghanistan government and were also concerned at the growing number of forced deportations of Hazara refugees from Australia.More than 100 ethnic Hazaras have...
By Hazara International

10 years ago

Fatima Shafaie’s work with refugees is an example for Australians to follow. As a child, Fatima Shafaie used to lay out newspapers at home and read them like a newsreader. “It was a very unconscious...

By Tony Moore Afghanistani refugee Dr Homa Forotan came to Brisbane in 2005 and is working towards becoming a cardiologist. Photo: Michelle Smith Hazara refugee, now doctor Homa Forotan is just one Brisbane example of...

By Nick Toscano, Workplace Reporter Asylum seeker Hamid, a Hazara Afghan, received work rights three weeks ago and is now working as a paver and a bricklayer. Photo: Simon Schluter How sweet it is to...

By Dr. Marco Ceccarelli Ashraff Mohammad has experienced first-hand what it means to be the member of a persecuted minority. He recently shared his story at Conversations About People Seeking Asylum in Australia breakfast, held...

by Jewel Topsfield Australia resettled 11,600 people in 2014. But in our neighbourhood, thousands of genuine refugees remain in limbo. Khadim Dai is one. Khadim Dai has met Oscar-winning filmmakers and Indonesian politicians. He was...

By Brisbane Roar Hazara Roar player Rahmat Akbari has been named in the Joeys squad aiming to qualify for the 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup. Brisbane Roar’s Hazara teenager Rahmat Akbari is living the Australian...

Zahir Hassan Zada is a Hazara refugee living in Renmark. He is picking fruit and studying English as a second language at TAFE while waiting to secure Australian citizenship and bring his wife and young...

BY GUY CREIGHTON A. B. CWhen 10-year-old Mohammad Baqiri saw a bird flying across the sky, the significance had little bearing on his mind. It was the first bird he...

by Habiba Roshan Dear a father, a mother, a sibling to the empty plate, we all wait you have given me the journey of unexpected You’ve activated me to the world of mystery It’s drastically...

Photos by Asad Amir On April 11, 2015 The Hazara community protested the indifference of the Afghanistan government and were also concerned at the growing number of forced deportations of Hazara refugees from Australia.More than 100 ethnic Hazaras have...