My work has appeared in a number print and online publications, including ELLE, Marie-Claire, The Sun-Herald’s Sunday Life, The Guardian, SBS Life, Cosmopolitan, CLEO, House & Garden, Escape and more. Below are a selected collection of links and articles.
ABC Unleashed:
Gang Glamour 7th August, 2009
Cleo:
Kids? Cash? Career? What was your mum doing when she was your age? May 2008
Is your workplace a health hazard? February 2009
Self-help or Self-harm? February 2010
Collective Hub:
Dutch Courage Issue 13
She who shoots, Scores Issue 13
Who runs the World? Issue 15
The Sweetest Thing Issue 26
Cosmopolitan:
I was trapped in Lebanon while it was being bombed August 2006
Future-Proof your career April 2012
ELLE:
Letters of Note August 2018
Escape:
Paris, Express
What to bring back from Japan 29 January 2020
Eureka St:
Race Riots & The Multiplex Volume 19, No. 14
Carols in the Gang Land Volume 19, No. 24
Frankie:
Everybody has a story – Elizabeth Barnard Issue 35, May/June 2010
Girlfriend:
How to: Deal with Centrelink August 2007
How to: Live a Chanel life on a Supre budget June 2008
How to: Get out of trouble the adult way August 2008
Panic at the disco! Is your party a recipe for disaster? September 2008
Have Textbook, Will Travel: How to get a Global Education October 2008
A girl’s Rite September 2009
Are you posing for a poser January 2013
New School, New Friends February 2013
When your crush is your teacher September 2013
Hire Education December 2013
Solve any Sitch January 2014
Deadly New High February 2014
I thought I was a fun party girl, but I had no sense of self-worth
The Guardian:
Still looking for Alibrandi 27 November, 2014
Ditch the premature outrage: Why I’ll be giving Here come the Habibs a chance 2nd February 2016
House & Garden:
Coco Chanel’s House
Madison:
When I grow up, I wanna be a gangsta August 2010
Marie-Claire:
After the blast November 2020
Notebook: Magazine:
Doing it for themselves February 2010
SBS Life:
Australian YA novels are great champions of diversity 25 February, 2016
I felt I had to hide my Arab background to be accepted 30 October 2018
Working from home is ruining my productivity 21 November 2018
Is it too late to change careers? 15 January 2019
In the darkest times of my career, it’s my community that propels me forward 21 January 2019
I can’t explain millennial burnout to my mother 8 April 2019
Jane the Virgin shows the power of sharing our stories 1 November 2019
The tradition of baby favours for guests 20th July 2020
Zalghouta: Why this trill of joy takes centre stage at Arab celebrations 24th February 2020
Mum’s perfect quarantine freezer is a sight to behold 24th March 2020
Juggling work with homeschooling has nearly broken me 29th April 2020
The Arabic mantras that continue to nourish me 4th November 2020
Shop Til You Drop:
The Great Wardrobe Makeover, March 2009
Sunday Life:
Talking about my generation 2nd March, 2017
Sexless Marriages August 12, 2017
Teens Keeping Mum 3rd June, 2018
The new Band-Aid Baby 1st July, 2018
Motherhood made me glam 24 June, 2018
Three women investing in their future far from the big smoke 26 August 2018
Keeping the Faith 16 June 2019
Sunday Style:
Are you a Slacktivist? August 16, 2014
Twitter Burn 11 May 2014
The Sydney Morning Herald:
Sydney has a chance to show Lebanese Australians they belong 10th August 2020
Finding fortitude among the pandemic’s heartless hurdles 22nd December 2020
Yen:
How the Inspired get Inspired Issue 30, Nov/Dec
I do…but they don’t Issue 31, Jan/Feb
51 Ways to be happy Issue 32, March/April
Happy Shiny People Issue 32, March/April
Generation Y Bother Issue 41, November/December
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