This month is Ramadan, a period of fasting and reflection for Muslims. Many people in our community are observing the fast, so we’ve been thinking about marginalised Muslims and are excited to be creating a space to reflect, post-Ramadan on their experiences of being part of the Muslim community.
Our first Naarm-based event, join us post-Ramadan for reflections on solidarity, joy and healing, as we have a round table conversation with Eman Ezekiel, Jamile Nabole and Zahara Valibhoy, facilitated by Alisha Saiyed as we unpack privilege and power within the context of the Muslim faith.
Sunday 30th April @ 10am at NECCHI Newlands.
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Featuring
Alisha Saiyed, a designer, storyteller and lifelong immigrant who lives in Naarm.
Having lived in (and in between) India, Aotearoa, Qatar and Australia her personal work, both written and visual, is deeply informed by the ideas of belonging, identity, and immigrant-ness. Her multi-cultural experiences have also instilled in her a love for exploration–whether it’s through a pen, a viewfinder, or elbow deep in kitchen experiments. Until the next urge to pack her life in a suitcase and move countries, Alisha lives in Naarm (Melbourne) and is passionate about incorporating strategy into her work, and working with for-purpose, grassroots organisations (and individuals) at the intersection of design, community and advocacy.
Eman Ezekiel (they/them/he/him) is a Maldivian, trans and non-binary digital designer and storyteller, currently living and working in Naarm. Their creative practices are informed by their lived experience(s) of forced displacement, queerness, and disability; in particular, their works reflects on home, memories, and identity. Eman is also passionate about research, and is interested in pursuing research on how a decolonial approach could open up different possibilities for the design of digital media platforms. They enjoy spending time in the kitchen recreating his mother's recipes, reading, photo walks in nature, and especially loves everything to do with the ocean.
Jamil Nabole, (They/She/He) at 20 years old is a passionate advocate holding many different identities. Jamil was born in Naarm to a Muslim father of West African decent and mother of German decent who later converted to Islam. At 4 years old Jamil, his younger sister and parents relocated to live in Sharjah, UAE where Jamil spent the next 5 years of his childhood before returning to live in Naarm with his German grandma. Today Jamil lives in Naarm with his grandma and three younger siblings. Jamil is able to solve a rubix cube in an average time of 2 minutes with his fastest time being 51 seconds!
Zahara Valibhoy, is a small business owner, pastry chef, visual artist and mother of two living in Naarm/Melbourne. She’s Muslim and of Pakistani/Indian heritage. She trained in Melbourne and Paris and loves helping people celebrate their lives with desserts. She brings her intersectional feminism to her work and her parenting including filling her house with colourful paintings of brown women.