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I grew up in Lebanon, but we weren’t citizens there because my family were Pales…

I grew up in Lebanon, but we weren’t citizens there because my family were Pales…

by nhoa | Oct 20, 2017 | Uncategorized

I grew up in Lebanon, but we weren’t citizens there because my family were Palestinian refugees. As a result, we didn’t have many rights, and when the war between Israel and Lebanon started in 2006, my father decided we should migrate to Australia. I was 11 years old...
In 1986, my parents decided to escape from Poland. They didn’t tell my sister an…

In 1986, my parents decided to escape from Poland. They didn’t tell my sister an…

by nhoa | Jun 24, 2016 | Uncategorized

In 1986, my parents decided to escape from Poland. They didn’t tell my sister and I we were leaving forever, because they didn’t want to risk us saying something at the border, but I remember when we left – I saw my aunty and my grandmother standing there, and felt...
(Part 2 of 2) After university, I became a high school teacher, but I stayed inv…

(Part 2 of 2) After university, I became a high school teacher, but I stayed inv…

by nhoa | May 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

(Part 2 of 2) After university, I became a high school teacher, but I stayed involved with the UCM, publishing a booklet, which was very tame by today’s standards, mostly it was poetry about freedom! But still because we had links to the Black Consciousness movement,...
(Part 1 of 2) As a child, I lived in an almost exclusively Afrikaans speaking co…

(Part 1 of 2) As a child, I lived in an almost exclusively Afrikaans speaking co…

by nhoa | May 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

(Part 1 of 2) As a child, I lived in an almost exclusively Afrikaans speaking community, and English speaking people were bullied terribly at school – we even had rocks thrown at us. One day, the teacher just laid into me with a ruler, saying I was ‘a damned...

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