It’s a day for people like myself to take part in a warm and fuzzy event that does not actually do anything about the prevalent issue of racial discrimination and xenophobia in our increasingly multicultural country.
Elias Jahshan
Elias Jahshan
Elias Jahshan is an editor and freelance journalist. Born and raised in Parramatta, Sydney, he is the son of Lebanese and Palestinian immigrants. He was the editor of Star Observer, Australia’s most prolific and only national LGBT media outlet, for two and a half years. He is also the only editor so far from a non-English speaking background in the publication’s 39-year history. He previously worked for News Corp, and his work has been published in SBS and The New Arab. Elias is also a former board member of Arab Council Australia. Follow him on Twitter: @Elias_Jahshan