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Reflections: Transitions to a New Land

2025 PROGRAM

Reflections: Transitions to a New Land

DATE: 

Friday 28th March

LOCATION:

Darley Smith Building

COST:

$22

What does it mean to start over in a new land? This session dives into the heart of the refugee experience, about how you navigate a world where you look different, talk differently, worship differently, and you effectively have no choice but to leave the land of your birth. Join us for a conversation about identity, belonging, and the powerful stories of those who share what transitioning to a new country means to ‘fit in.’

We speak with author Melinda Ham and Iraqi refugee Sahira al Younany about The Lucky Ones.

Host: Antony Loewenstein

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

The Manly Writers' Festival acknowledges and thanks the original storytellers on the lands on which our events take place, the Gameraygal people of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing connection and culture, and we pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present, as well as emerging leaders.

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