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Zoya Patel

Zoya Patel

The Guardian

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Pauline Hanson’s racist rhetoric cast a shadow over my childhood. Here we are again

12.02.2026 10

The Guardian

Zoya Patel

Age brings an opportunity to escape the clutches of unattainable beauty standards – it’s liberating

02.02.2026 5

The Guardian

Zoya Patel

An experience at a Paris airport showed me what it really means to be Australian

A strong sense of patriotism doesn’t come naturally to many Australians, but there’s nothing like being in a foreign country to realise how you...

25.01.2026 9

WA Today

Zoya Patel

An experience at a Paris airport showed me what it really means to be Australian

A strong sense of patriotism doesn’t come naturally to many Australians, but there’s nothing like being in a foreign country to realise how you...

25.01.2026 90

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zoya Patel

An experience at a Paris airport showed me what it really means to be Australian

A strong sense of patriotism doesn’t come naturally to many Australians, but there’s nothing like being in a foreign country to realise how you...

25.01.2026 20

The Age

Zoya Patel

An experience at a Paris airport showed me what it really means to be Australian

A strong sense of patriotism doesn’t come naturally to many Australians, but there’s nothing like being in a foreign country to realise how you...

25.01.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Zoya Patel

My family wound up in an altercation at the beach. I wondered if we were welcome

OK, yes, I am invading your precious beach town. But we summer tourists bring good things too.

13.01.2026 10

WA Today

Zoya Patel

My family wound up in an altercation at the beach. I wondered if we were welcome

OK, yes, I am invading your precious beach town. But we summer tourists bring good things too.

13.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zoya Patel

My family wound up in an altercation at the beach. I wondered if we were welcome

OK, yes, I am invading your precious beach town. But we summer tourists bring good things too.

13.01.2026 10

The Age

Zoya Patel

My family wound up in an altercation at the beach. I wondered if we were welcome

OK, yes, I am invading your precious beach town. But we summer tourists bring good things too.

13.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Zoya Patel

If you’re on the fence about having kids, don’t do it

My son is about to turn two, and while he has changed my life in incredibly positive ways, he has also irrevocably altered it in challenging ways too....

02.12.2025 10

WA Today

Zoya Patel

If you’re on the fence about having kids, don’t do it

My son is about to turn two, and while he has changed my life in incredibly positive ways, he has also irrevocably altered it in challenging ways too....

02.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zoya Patel

If you’re on the fence about having kids, don’t do it

My son is about to turn two, and while he has changed my life in incredibly positive ways, he has also irrevocably altered it in challenging ways too....

02.12.2025 10

The Age

Zoya Patel

If you’re on the fence about having kids, don’t do it

My son is about to turn two, and while he has changed my life in incredibly positive ways, he has also irrevocably altered it in challenging ways too....

02.12.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Zoya Patel

Pete Songi on Reform UK’s economic agenda – cartoon

03.11.2025 10

The Guardian

Zoya Patel

The generational divide is so overrated – here’s how I crossed it and forged new friendships

03.11.2025 10

The Guardian

Zoya Patel

Facing other parents’ judgment, I put my baby into childcare at four months

Where most parents take a year out with their babies, our son began childcare early because, as the old saying goes, it takes a village.

15.10.2025 8

WA Today

Zoya Patel

Facing other parents’ judgment, I put my baby into childcare at four months

Where most parents take a year out with their babies, our son began childcare early because, as the old saying goes, it takes a village.

15.10.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zoya Patel

Facing other parents’ judgment, I put my baby into childcare at four months

Where most parents take a year out with their babies, our son began childcare early because, as the old saying goes, it takes a village.

15.10.2025 8

The Age

Zoya Patel

Facing other parents’ judgment, I put my baby into childcare at four months

Where most parents take a year out with their babies, our son began childcare early because, as the old saying goes, it takes a village.

15.10.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Zoya Patel

As an Australian Indian, I’m furious at the racism playing out on a national stage. It is exhausting

10.09.2025 10

The Guardian

Zoya Patel

Any reasonable gig-goer knows that dancing is part of the show. So why are some people such anti-boogie bummers?

07.08.2025 10

The Guardian

Zoya Patel

Forget nepo babies, the new social privilege is being in a long-term relationship

When my friend was forced out of a cafe because she was on her own it became clear to me that we have gone too far in prioritising people in...

19.06.2025 7

WA Today

Zoya Patel

Forget nepo babies, the new social privilege is being in a long-term relationship

When my friend was forced out of a cafe because she was on her own it became clear to me that we have gone too far in prioritising people in...

19.06.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zoya Patel

Forget nepo babies, the new social privilege is being in a long-term relationship

When my friend was forced out of a cafe because she was on her own it became clear to me that we have gone too far in prioritising people in...

19.06.2025 9

The Age

Zoya Patel

Forget nepo babies, the new social privilege is being in a long-term relationship

When my friend was forced out of a cafe because she was on her own it became clear to me that we have gone too far in prioritising people in...

19.06.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Zoya Patel

According to these influencers, people like me are the problem with Australia

I told myself these attitudes were outdated and were bound to become less common with each new generation. These videos show that clearly, I was...

23.03.2025 10

WA Today

Zoya Patel

According to these influencers, people like me are the problem with Australia

I told myself these attitudes were outdated and were bound to become less common with each new generation. These videos show that clearly, I was...

23.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zoya Patel

According to these influencers, people like me are the problem with Australia

I told myself these attitudes were outdated and were bound to become less common with each new generation. These videos show that clearly, I was...

23.03.2025 10

The Age

Zoya Patel

According to these influencers, people like me are the problem with Australia

I told myself these attitudes were outdated and were bound to become less common with each new generation. These videos show that clearly, I was...

23.03.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Zoya Patel

Jostling happy snappers are ruining art galleries for everyone

Taking photos in galleries is not only disruptive to the people around you – it detracts from the whole point of galleries in the first place.

14.01.2025 10

WA Today

Zoya Patel

Jostling happy snappers are ruining art galleries for everyone

14.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zoya Patel

Jostling happy snappers are ruining art galleries for everyone

14.01.2025 10

The Age

Zoya Patel

Jostling happy snappers are ruining art galleries for everyone

Taking photos in galleries is not only disruptive to the people around you – it detracts from the whole point of galleries in the first place.

14.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Zoya Patel

I was hot, bothered and pregnant. Then my waters broke on Christmas morning, six weeks early

I’ve never been a big Christmas person, largely because my family didn’t celebrate it when I was growing up. Because of this, I didn’t have any...

23.12.2024 4

WA Today

Zoya Patel

I was hot, bothered and pregnant. Then my waters broke on Christmas morning, six weeks early

I’ve never been a big Christmas person, largely because my family didn’t celebrate it when I was growing up. Because of this, I didn’t have any...

23.12.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zoya Patel

I was hot, bothered and pregnant. Then my waters broke on Christmas morning, six weeks early

I’ve never been a big Christmas person, largely because my family didn’t celebrate it when I was growing up. Because of this, I didn’t have any...

23.12.2024 3

The Age

Zoya Patel

I was hot, bothered and pregnant. Then my waters broke on Christmas morning, six weeks early

I’ve never been a big Christmas person, largely because my family didn’t celebrate it when I was growing up. Because of this, I didn’t have any...

23.12.2024 7

Brisbane Times

Zoya Patel