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My father met my mum at a party when she was 16 and he was 27. He had come from …

My father met my mum at a party when she was 16 and he was 27. He had come from …

by nhoa | Nov 7, 2020 | Uncategorized

My father met my mum at a party when she was 16 and he was 27. He had come from Lebanon on a scholarship to study Engineering in Communist Russia in the 1980s. They dated for a couple of years, got married, and conceived me. Then he had to return to Lebanon to pay...
Between the ages of 8 and 13, I was sexually abused by a family member. It happe…

Between the ages of 8 and 13, I was sexually abused by a family member. It happe…

by | Jun 16, 2018 | Uncategorized

Between the ages of 8 and 13, I was sexually abused by a family member. It happened many times and I didn’t know how to deal with it. I had all this guilt. As a result, when I was 11, I got into metal music, and my parents didn’t like that at all. They were...
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...

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