Refugee Week is an international celebration of refugees and people seeking asylum, and it’s exciting to see the online international presence for Refugee Week growing. Have a look at some of the wonderful work...
28 April 2022
Author - Refugee Week
how we became refugees
when i was youngeri lived in a citadelbuilt on sacred earthoverlookingancient riversdijlah, foratfragrant and fertilewhere palm trees floatedupon clouds of molten goldone day, the world discovered and foughtover the...
1 May 2022
Canva Resources 2023
Mural design: Lucinda Penn (LCND) There are a range of wonderful resources for you to use in the lead up to and during Refugee Week to celebrate your life as a refugee or person seeking asylum, or if you don’t...
16 June 2023
2022 Refugee Week photographer Damon AMB
‘’Photography for me is the most powerful form of art that transforms the momentary lapse of being into eternal memories.” Damon arrived in Australia in 2013 seeking asylum. He was transferred and kept in two...
8 December 2022
Talented refugee artist awarded with University of Sydney scholarship
Visual artist and Iraqi refugee Raneen Shamon arrived in Australia in 2017 from Jordan, where she had lived with her parents and younger brother for three years, waiting for their humanitarian visas to be approved...
6 June 2021
Multi-talented Syrian entrepreneur expands business into homemade organic products
Refugee and entrepreneur Ashod Paloulian is a man of many talents. He trained to become a professional tennis player in his hometown of Aleppo, Syria, before relocating to Sydney to begin a new life. When he first...
6 June 2021
Young refugee mother finds education and employment in new home
Single mother and refugee Janet Ferdosian made the courageous decision to flee Iran in 2014 and seek temporary refuge in Turkey, where she lived for three years while waiting for a humanitarian visa. Ms Ferdosian was...
6 June 2021
Young refugee fleeing persecution forges prosperity in new home
23-year-old Irfan Ali Nasiri arrived in Australia from Pakistan with his mother and four siblings in 2016, reuniting with his father in Auburn, Sydney, after years of separation. The Nasiri family are Hazara, an...
6 June 2021
Tibetan refugee with prominent political profile helps translate for community
“When we look back on this from a historical perspective, we will remember that Australia has politically supported Tibetan people in exile. Because of this, as an individual, and in my future, I will always try...
6 June 2021
