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An Afghani refugee who found a new life in Australia only to lose her beloved son in a tragic accident. Mahboba Rawi now inspires others to stand up and be counted when the world needs it most. Today she is the driving force behind Mahboba's promise a groundbreaking international aid organisation. -- Libraries Australia
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Detention, Displacement and Dissent in Recent Australian Life Writing
2011
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criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , December vol. 8 no. 4 2011; (p. 375-385) Narratives of persecution, imprisonment, displacement and exile have been a fundamental aspect of Australian literature: from the convict narratives of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to writing by refugees and migrants to Australia following World War II, to the narratives of those displaced by more recent conflicts. This paper will focus on two texts published in Australia in the past few years which deal with experiences of persecution and displacement from Afghanistan. Mahboba's Promise (2005) and The Rugmaker of Mazar-e- Sharif (2008) are texts that have to some extent bypassed the quarantining that Gillian Whitlock has argued works to locate potentially disruptive discourse at a safe distance from mainstream consumption. The publications discussed here demonstrate that refugee narratives can negotiate their way into the public sphere and public consciousness. In this process, however, representations of dissent almost necessarily give way to conciliation and integration as former refugee subjects attempt to realign their lives in terms that will provide the best outcomes for themselves, their families and their communities. -
On My Bedside Table
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 19 September 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of Mahboba's Promise : How One Woman Made a World of Difference 2005 single work autobiography ; Back from the Dead : Peter Hughes' Story of Hope and Survival After Bali 2003 single work biography
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On My Bedside Table
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 19 September 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of Mahboba's Promise : How One Woman Made a World of Difference 2005 single work autobiography ; Back from the Dead : Peter Hughes' Story of Hope and Survival After Bali 2003 single work biography -
Detention, Displacement and Dissent in Recent Australian Life Writing
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , December vol. 8 no. 4 2011; (p. 375-385) Narratives of persecution, imprisonment, displacement and exile have been a fundamental aspect of Australian literature: from the convict narratives of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to writing by refugees and migrants to Australia following World War II, to the narratives of those displaced by more recent conflicts. This paper will focus on two texts published in Australia in the past few years which deal with experiences of persecution and displacement from Afghanistan. Mahboba's Promise (2005) and The Rugmaker of Mazar-e- Sharif (2008) are texts that have to some extent bypassed the quarantining that Gillian Whitlock has argued works to locate potentially disruptive discourse at a safe distance from mainstream consumption. The publications discussed here demonstrate that refugee narratives can negotiate their way into the public sphere and public consciousness. In this process, however, representations of dissent almost necessarily give way to conciliation and integration as former refugee subjects attempt to realign their lives in terms that will provide the best outcomes for themselves, their families and their communities.
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