I didn’t realise I still had my mother tongue in me – until I spoke Urdu in my sleep | Saman Shad There was something instinctive about it, like a current pulling me back towards the language of my parents and grandparents

I wrote an article for The Guardian today about language and remembering your mother tongue www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is a sitting member of congress. Seek help, dude.

Tells us everything you need to know about the state of mainstream Aus media

I’m not sure which side of politics Chris Minns is appealing to but a great faction of who voted for him in the last election is unlikely to do so again

We'll say it again: "social cohesion", to those who chant it, means maintenance of the status quo which privileges them, and silencing of everyone else. In the mouth of a Labor MP, it is an expression of the deepest hypocrisy.

Israel offers to train Australian police to counter terror Israeli’s Diaspora Affairs Minister says Israel brings “extensive experience in combating radical Islamic terrorism and anti-Semitism”.

Remember when the IDF said they’d be willing to train Australian police? Guess they have www.afr.com/politics/fed...

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Bad Bunny dancing

Bad Bunny dancing

I know nothing about the Super Bowl but tuned in just to watch him

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It’s a strange thing to feel you can be pulled up or fired from your job because you protest a genocide. I grew up in Australia and never thought we’d see this day (or maybe I did)

The spirit of healing and social cohesion

Yes please

The Jewish community speaks:

I don’t like it here

I enjoyed hearing this story in real time ☺️. Was good to see you and meet Yasmin

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That video was so horrific I’ve been thinking of her and her children. How the hell has that man been allowed back on duty?

Had a lovely event at the State Library of NSW as part of the Sydney writers festival

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One day you will miss these times Benjamin

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My kids may be in terribly crafted costumes, but the real magic of Book Week is in the pages | Saman Shad In a world of shrinking attention spans and falling literacy rates, this celebration of books might be more important than ever

I wrote a whole article about it 😭 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Absolutely. It could’ve ended in catastrophe. Kudos to the crowd for keeping calm and ensuring safety.

Write it

On this note I think university education should be free for people of retirement age (look it should be free for everyone but baby steps)

As a romcom writer I’d love to just once be take out to lunch by my book editor 😭

Jillian Segal and husband funding far-right group "Advance" - The Klaxon Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal and her husband are among the biggest funders of far-right group "Advance”, which spreads hateful propaganda and racist tropes.

🚨Antisemitism boss Jillian Segal and her husband are the second biggest funders of far-right group "Advance". The extremist lobby group spreads online racism and xenophobia, including directly targeting Palestinians...
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While checking the Gaza death toll, which has already passed 55,000, I read this article from Aug 24. It is one of the most horrific things I’ve ever read even as the headlines tell of starving Palestinians being killed while seeking aid. And now, the violence is spreading even further.

'They don't look like humanitarians': Opaque U.S. military contractors guarding Gaza aid ***

Netanyahu taps arms smuggler and mercenary Erik Prince to run "humanitarian relief" for Gaza. Very little is known about the private companies contracted by the new Gaza Humanitarian Fund, staffed by CIA, Blackwater and US military personnel, from their funding to their rules of engagement.

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Can we all just come together to enjoy Dutton losing? Even if for a brief moment?