YEAR IN REVIEW: Dunja and Jasmine reflect on be:longing’s final year.
Category: Thoughts + Stories
Our farewell poetry and story share event
EVENT: Dunja and Jasmine reflect on be:longing’s farewell event.
A story from a park bench
THOUGHT PIECE: Vesna Cvjetićanin retells a life-story, shared one afternoon in the park.
Where are you from?
THOUGHT PIECE: Chris Nguyễn pays homage to the mosaic of cultures that has shaped them.
With Open Arms: The COAR Community
THOUGHT PIECE: Kavina from COAR invites us to meet, share stories and make community, reflecting on anti-racism.
One of us, one of us!
THOUGHT PIECE: Narmadhaa Sivaraja reflects on what being ‘Australian’ means.
The secret concerto
SHORT STORY: Lien Hoang retells a migration story shared with her during a music lesson – the painful farewell to a homeland.
Checkpoints
THOUGHT PIECE: Nevena Kesić Orlić poignantly recalls memories of a childhood spent with her father at the railways.
The belonging journey: To and from
THOUGHT PIECE: Ekaterina (Katya) Reymarova reflects on belonging, and redefines it as a fluid, dynamic creation.
TAAF / طاف
THOUGHT PIECE: Mohamed Irba reflects on migration and belonging, both chased by and thwarting homophobia, racism, colourism and exoticisation across countries and cultures.
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