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2 months ago | 
sbs.com.au | Jennifer Scherer
Painted along an alleyway in Sydney’s Chinatown district, Jason Wing’s mural ‘In Between Two Worlds’ is a dynamic expression of his bi-cultural identity, weaving together elements of his Aboriginal and Chinese heritage. “Matrilineal is the Aboriginal side and paternal is the Cantonese side, and when I was young, there was a beautiful crossover,” Jason Wing said. “I’m a descendant of the Biripi mob.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
sbs.com.au | Jennifer Scherer |Niv Sadrolodabaee
Shokrollah Jebeli had been living in Australia for more than three decades when he returned to his native Iran. He was in his 60s and, despite living happily in Sydney with his family since 1976, decided to return to his hometown of Tehran in 2007 to live out his elderly years. It's a decision that ultimately cost him his life.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
sbs.com.au | Jennifer Scherer
Sebastien Lai’s first memory of his father’s pro-democracy activism was at a vigil for victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre when he was a child. He remembers cupping a candle between his hands and standing shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with others who, like his father, had been spurred into activism by the . Every year they would gather to commemorate the day Chinese soldiers opened fire on protesters congregating in Beijing, demanding political and economic reforms.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
sbs.com.au | Jennifer Scherer
Sebastien Lai’s first memory of his father’s pro-democracy activism was at a vigil for victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre when he was a child. He remembers cupping a candle between his hands and standing shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with others who, like his father, had been spurred into activism by the . Every year they would gather to commemorate the day Chinese soldiers opened fire on protesters congregating in Beijing, demanding political and economic reforms.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
sbs.com.au | Jennifer Scherer |Niv Sadrolodabaee
Sahar* was walking down a street in Tehran on a dark night not complying with the mandatory hijab rules when she was suddenly threatened at gunpoint. Since the 1979 revolution, Iranian women have been legally required to wear the hijab, but in recent years, the crackdown has intensified. "Like many other girls, I didn't like to have a scarf around my neck.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
sbs.com.au | Jennifer Scherer
Ted Hui is one of Hong Kong's most wanted. Critics feared the bill was an attempt to undermine Hong Kong's judicial independence and endanger dissidents. While it was withdrawn, Beijing responded by imposing a draconian 2020 national security law to crack down on all forms of dissent. It forced Hui to flee to Australia while on bail for protest-related criminal charges. Former Hong Kong democratic legislator Ted Hui. Source: Getty / South China Morning Post"It was an outrage," Hui told SBS News.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
sbs.com.au | Jennifer Scherer
Content warning: The article contains descriptions of violence against childrenThe day a witch doctor kidnapped four-year-old Jessy for ritualistic sacrifice still haunts his father, Godfrey Ochwo. "When he survived, we took him to the hospital," Ochwo said. "It torments me a lot every day, but he survived."The boy was found by the team from Kyampisi Childcare Ministries (KCM), a Ugandan non-profit that supports victims of child sacrifice.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
alternativemedicine.com | Jennifer Scherer |Dick Benson
Practicing Pilates has many potential health benefits, including increased flexibility, muscle tone and strength training. The workout plan was created by Joseph Pilates in the early 20th century, mostly as a method of injury recovery for dancers. It is now regularly implemented by millions worldwide and Pilates studios can be found throughout the US.. The more people discover how it can help improve their health, the more they will want to try it. This summer is a great time to get started.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
sbs.com.au | Niv Sadrolodabaee |Jennifer Scherer
Polling is underway in Iran’s Presidential election with voters in Iran and abroad tasked with choosing a successor for former President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash five weeks ago. In Australia, members of the Iranian-Australian community are able to cast their ballot in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne, but a group of protesters don’t plan to take the opportunity were outside the Iranian Embassy in Canberra.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
sbs.com.au | Niv Sadrolodabaee |Jennifer Scherer
After living in Australia for almost 30 years, Fereydoon Najafi said he can still recall the moment he came face to face with his former jailor, Hamid Nouri, who was in charge of his execution. “I started to explain what he did, and he got very angry and tried to deny it,” he said.
