Samantha Haran
Samantha Haran’s Stories
Thursday 22 January 2026 has been declared a National Day of Mourning to honour the 15 victims of the antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi Beach. The day will be marked by a theme of light...
The internet was built to connect us — a digital space where distance was no barrier to connection. But somewhere along the way, the very platform designed to unite us began driving us apart.
In a classroom in Castle Hill, Christian and Muslim high school students from across Western Sydney are getting to know each other. The conversations going on in the room are stimulating, energetic, honest, loud. There’s...
A big part of the reason why the Hyderabadi Muslim community struggles with accepting mental health as a valid health concern is due to its cultural stigmas and religious misconceptions it has deemed to be...
Distant relatives we couldn’t recognise told Fatema it was “your time”. The woman who cut Fatema was my aunt’s friend. The cutting took place in the middle of a noisy bush with the sounds of...
Can cultural traditions keep pace with modern life? In multicultural Sydney, Greek and Polish youth navigate a journey of belonging, blending heritage with contemporary life. This video explores how they bridge the past and present...
Abhishek Gurjar talks to cricketer Anushka Dongre about her start in cricket, how she deals with sledging, and the magic of the game.
In this StoryCasters podcast episode, Mega, an Indonesian woman who married an Australian man and followed him to Australia, tells her migration story to Jhames Montemayor. Mega found out her husband was not the man...
Coffs Harbour on Gumbaynggirr country has opened its arms to refugees from war-torn countries since the mid-2000s. Now a local anti-racism initiative has found creative ways to unite the regional coastal town.
In a Malaysian cemetery, I learned how to speak to the dead for the first time. The end of 2023 was when I was able to visit my 公公 kung-kung (my maternal grandpa)’s final resting...
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