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Sami Sheebo
From a refugee camp to the Parliament of NSW. I sat down with Sami, in his office on a hot summer’s afternoon. Entering his office, I...

Jade Symons
Feb 274 min read


A Connection to Country
A Connection to Country; 'an ancient library of clay and stone beneath our feet. It's beautiful'. Learning to listen to Country,...

Jade Symons
Jan 319 min read


Nourah Lababidi
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”
― Rumi

Jade Symons
Mar 4, 20246 min read


Possessing Brilliance, Mitra Hussaini
Mitra Hussaini, a woman of unmatched resilience, power and intellectual beauty. Her story; fleeing the Taliban, escaping the archaic patriar

Jade Symons
Oct 17, 20238 min read


Green Tea with a Burmese Freedom Fighter
AN INTERVIEW WITH HTUN HTUN OO 23.09.23 ‘WHAT I GAIN FROM PEOPLE I MET, THEY TAUGHT ME MORE THAN I TAUGHT THEM. I REALLY WANTED TO...

Jade Symons
Sep 21, 20237 min read


Lessons from my Grandparents
For my nan, perhaps the greatest thing that I get to be in this life is your namesake A couple of weeks ago, I received the call in a...

Jade Symons
Sep 11, 20236 min read


An Interview with the Al Mhama Family
Learnings of love, loss and the inadequacies of Australian figs. Come with me with this beautiful, young family from Iraq I had asked the...

Jade Symons
Sep 7, 20236 min read


Notes and Observations over Sweet Tea
I have had a deeper and more enriching education from rainy evenings at their home than I ever experienced from the textbooks of a formal...

Jade Symons
Sep 1, 20235 min read


'The Guest', An Idea
I am from the most beautiful place in the world. Big and subjective I know. Yet I’ve spent much of my twenties collecting data on this....

Jade Symons
Aug 31, 20235 min read
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