Nevertheless Stories
Nasrin Vaziri doesn’t believe that life imitates art. She thinks the two are inextricably intertwined.
A story of one woman’s triumph over abuse, separation and xenophobia. In her hometown of Aswan, Egypt, Aya Mahmoud* lived the simple and independent life of a teacher, a lover of all things science and a devoted daughter and sister within a kind and supportive family.
Meet Marlena (she/her). Music journalist, businesswoman, public speaker, author, and globe-trotting adrenalin junkie. Throughout her career, she’s interviewed the likes of Russell Brand, Ed Sheeran and Robbie Williams, and was the first person in the world to base jump with cerebral palsy.
Colleen Sam is a Kalkadoon (Kalkadunga) woman; an artist who tells the stories of her ancestors through paint and film and children’s books. The stories of her ancestors have been passed down in an unbroken line, keeping the Kalkadoons one of the small percentage of remaining continuous Aboriginal traditional owners who are still connected to their origins, a strength that has seen this small community overcome displacement, invasion, massacres, segregation and racism and come through the other side with what she refers to as a “knowing”; that critical spiritual connection to country, lore and their first ancestors that sits at the very centre of all Aboriginal culture.
