Parents. Honestly. Sometimes they really do think the world revolves around them.

You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.

It is time Australian Muslims stop being treated as negotiable citizens in their own country. It is time people stop 'tolerating' us, presuming some right to decide if we have a place in our own home.

Yeah, don't you take a break?" "I don't have time for breaks." "That's the whole point of a break. When you've got no time, you need a break.

Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again.

I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.

We are, at almost every point of our day, immersed in cultural diversity: faces, clothes, smells, attitudes, values, traditions, behaviours, beliefs, rituals.