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Jumaana Abdu is extraordinary and I will read everything she writes.HANNAH KENTAmid a series of personal disasters, Aliyah and her daughter, Sakina, retreat to rural New South Wales to make...

'One minute you're a 15-year-old girl who loves Netflix and music and the next minute you're looked at as maybe ISIS.' We now have a generation – Muslim and non-Muslim...

Stories on Race and Identity An anthology that aims to smash the stereotypes of Arabs in Australia that too often proliferate in mainstream media. Although there are 22 separate Arab...

The slide opened and I heard a gentle, kind voice: 'What is your confession, my child?' I was stuffed. The priest would declare me a heretic; my parents would call...

Funny, touching uplit set in the Sydney restaurant scene. Bitter & Sweet will be Amal Awad's breakout book The lake in the middle of her father's kitchen is only the...

In the cafe, I watch as a woman takes a photo of her plate an impressive, glossy lime-coloured dessert with shards of chocolate perched on top. I want to feel...

When the ground beneath your feet is always shifting, how can you ever know where you belong? Jamilah has always believed she knows where her home is: in a house...

A stunning collection from Sydney poet, human rights activist, community organiser, and refugee campaigner Sara M Saleh. With her first full-length poetry collection, Sara M Saleh introduces us to the...