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Shadi Khan Saif

Shadi Khan Saif

The Guardian

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Fragrant smoke on a wintry Melbourne night rekindles friendships and evokes memories of home in far-off Kabul

Fragrant smoke on a wintry Melbourne night rekindles friendships and evokes memories of home in far-off Kabul
21.07.2025 4

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Shadi Khan Saif

Australia’s multiculturalism lives mostly on the surface. Inclusion without voice is tokenism

Australia’s multiculturalism lives mostly on the surface. Inclusion without voice is tokenism
14.07.2025 40

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Shadi Khan Saif

The concept of ‘naseeb’ offers a way to stay grounded even when the world refuses to make sense

15.06.2025 10

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Shadi Khan Saif

Muslim Australians are crying out to be heard. Will the major parties listen to us?

28.04.2025 9

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Ramadan is not just about abstaining from food. It’s about truthfulness – something we can all learn from

23.03.2025 10

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In otherwise chaotic times, Victoria’s state library gave me purpose and peace

From the outside, the magnificent 168-year-old library in the middle of Melbourne’s bustling CBD looked more like an exclusive club for the city’s...

16.09.2024 80

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Mani once sang of freedom in Afghanistan. Now, silenced, she’s desperate to escape. Will Australia help?

In the final days of the Afghan republic – in defiance of a looming takeover by the Taliban – the Hazara journalist Mani sang revolutionary poems...

02.09.2024 2

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Shadi Khan Saif