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ABC Everyday I've learned it's OK to form my own cultural identity, even when it differs from my family's. But it took time. ( Print text only Cancel One weekend when I was 14, I anxiously sat on the couch with my parents watching TV, waiting for an ad break to ask a question I had been dreading. But my nerves got the best of me, and my well-rehearsed plea to attend my friend's birthday sleepover turned into word vomit. Before I could finish, my parents shut it down. "Didn't you see Ashley last week? Will there be alcohol? Drugs? Why do I want to sleepover at someone else's house? Don't you h...

Victims of racist attacks fear reoccurrence as Australia launches inquiry into right-wing extremism FriFriday 18 Anam Javed had to attend counselling sessions to "unpack" what had happened to her. ( Print text only Cancel Anam Javed was shopping for vegetables at her local supermarket when a man ripped her hijab off her head. In shock, she told herself it must have just flown off by accident, but she soon realised she was being verbally abused. Ms Javed went to the information counter looking for help but was followed by the man, who yelled phrases she can't forget. "They [Muslims] have f***i...