“From this time forward,
I pledge my loyalty to
#Australia
and its people,
whose democratic beliefs I share,
whose rights and liberties I respect, and
whose laws I will uphold and obey.”
- Nabil Al Nashar at his Citizenship Ceremony
@parracity
on March 9th, 2023
@ManicMitchieTV
@vidsthatgohard
When there's a literal gun to your head and the whole thing is over in 5 seconds, you don't have time to react. It's the whole point of doing it this way.
I’m 32 years old and I got to vote for the first time in my life today! It made me happy. I felt empowered. Like what I say matters. I could never take it it for granted😍
Catch me live on
@abcnews
covering the election from
#Parramatta
#Penrith
#NSWvotes
#NSWVotes2023
Just a small sample of the casual
#racism
I sometimes cop as an Arab Australian journalist 🤌🏽
Notice how polite I was to him before he declared immigrants are the root of all problems.
I was covering a hit and run by the way…but I guess the culprit is always “immigrants”.
Today I aced my Australian Citizenship Test. I’m so grateful for everything this country has given me. I feel the weight of this moment…everything I’ve worked for the last 4.5 years. Everyone who’s helped me 🙏🏽 Soon I join the ranks of men & women of this great nation 🇦🇺🖤💛❤️
Today I started my new job as a reporter for
@abcnews
😍 You'll see me mostly around
#Parramatta
& Western
#Sydney
suburbs. If you've got a story my DM's are open or email me at AlNashar.Nabil
@abc
.net.au
Tis the season to be racist!
While reporting on a horrible murder case (doing my job) outside
#Parramatta
@nswpolice
2 officers approach my cameraman and I.
O: Are you doing any suspicious activity?
Me: No officer, we’re media covering a murder case.
I just spoke with a man in
#Gaza
His 10-year-old was killed in front of him while they made breakfast in their kitchen.
He can't bury him, because IDF tanks invaded his neighbourhood.
So he sits with his son's corpse in an empty unit, hoping for the courage to bury him tomorrow
You’d think he had bigger fish to fry…idk maybe…catch and on the loose murder suspect connected to the killing of a 31 year old woman just this Sunday.
Nah big man got racist jokes… because I look Arab.
I somehow doubt he’d have made that same joke to any of my colleagues.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
@AhmadiyyaAUS
has identified 30-year-old Faraz Tahir as the security guard killed in the
#BondiJunction
attack.
They describe Faraz as someone "known for his unwavering dedication & kindness...who tragically lost his life while serving the public."
*Continues laughing and walks away*
My cameraman & I immediately get back to our reporting…helping the police with their manhunt for a murder suspect, by publishing his description and their appeal for any information on him.
The complaint was filed before I filed my story.
Both tragic shipwrecks only 10 days apart.
One carrying some of the poorest in the world.
The other, one of the richest.
One got wall-to-wall coverage with minute by minute updates on rescue efforts.
The other…
#Refugeeboat
#Titanicsubmarine
Police just told the woman she’s under arrest for “breaching the peace” after an altercation with anti-abortion rally participants in front of St Mary’s Cathedral.
@TimLonghurst
@nswpolice
Thanks Tim! I could've gotten into it with him right then and there, but unlike him we're professionals and we had a job to do. I'm curious to see what will come out of the complaint process.
I want a face to face apology from that officer.
*Giggling to himself now*
O: Are you sure you’re not with…*Dun dun duuun* Al Jazeera?
Me: No, what makes you say that?
*Looking me up and down…heartily laughing now*
O: You’re all casual on the bottom, business up top
Me: Is that something AJ journalists are known for?
He asks us to move it to the sidewalk because we’re technically standing on private property. A reasonable request, which we oblige immediately.
But officer comedian decided it was a slow day and he wanted to do a bit.
O: Which media did you say you were with?
Me:
@abcnews
BREAKING: A woman was removed by police from in front of St Mary’s Cathedral after an altercation with anti-abortion protesters preparing for their March to Parliament House
Anyone who needs a pronunciation guide for my name just follow
@rebsemma
's lead here 😍😍😍
Note the beautiful RRR roll at the end of Al-Nashar.
It may seem like a little thing, but it made my day 🙏🏽
Some of you might remember the racist incident I had with
@nswpolice
in December last year.
They investigated after I filed a complaint & finally came back to me in Feb saying this:
1- Misconduct has occurred
2- This matter’s now finalised
….no apology ❌
Tis the season to be racist!
While reporting on a horrible murder case (doing my job) outside
#Parramatta
@nswpolice
2 officers approach my cameraman and I.
O: Are you doing any suspicious activity?
Me: No officer, we’re media covering a murder case.
#Australia
's Defence department has refused to publicly release a copy of the deal struck with
#Israel
on defence industry cooperation because it "could harm Australia's international standing and reputation".
#Israel
#Gaza
#Palestine
This is my backstory…
You’ll read about where I started & how far I’ve come.
I owe so much to the many teachers I had along the way.
Some presented as people. Others as inescapable truths about the world around me.
I hope you enjoy reading 😊
Rescuer: Do you play games?
Little girl:* inaudible*
- Which games?
-*inaudible*
- Alaa? (referring to her little sister), I want you to be brave like Alaa, she hasn’t said a word.
- Please uncle, just pull me out of here & I’ll do whatever you ask 💔
BREAKING: The first known Australian to be killed in the
#Israel
#Gaza
war, Ibrahim Bazzi flew to
#Lebanon
on Friday to retrieve his wife
Their families in Sydney were expecting to greet the young couple about to start their new lives in Australia
#Auspol
In 1970, the ABC's Richard Carleton interviewed prolific Palestinian author, journalist & leader of the Popular Front for Palestinian Liberation in Beirut.
Carleton asked him why not engage in "peace talks" with the Israelis?
This was his response.
#Israel
#Palestine
#Gaza
My ears perked up to Arabic words from across the press gallery (pretty rare occurrence) and lo & behold….
@rayane_tamer
has graced our parliamentary hallways 😍
Jews Against the Occupation at the front of the
#Palestinian
rally in
#Sydney
today.
I consistently note Irish, Scottish & Turkish flags + several other community group banners, making these the most multi-faith & multi-national rallies I’ve seen.
#Israel
#Gaza
#Palestine
This is the hardest and most emotionally taxing story I've ever worked on. It's been a decade in the making.
Ahmed Shalikhan came to Australia as a child & despite his vulnerable condition he's still in detention.
Full video at 7 pm on
@abcnews
tonight
Anti-Islamophobia group takes
@PeterDutton_MP
to the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board over "Muslim Candidates from Western Sydney" comment they claim contributed to a 'hostile environment' for Muslim Australians.
#asuspol
via
@ABCaustralia
So apparently
#AndrewTate
’s manager is saying he (Andrew) was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. Other sources say it’s benign cancer.
Anyway…unrelated…this is Andrew Tate on how you should regard friends if they get fatally ill 😊
In case you missed it, here's the latest development in the
@antoinette_news
v
@abcnews
case 👇🏽
The ABC has declined to reveal the legal fees it has incurred in the ongoing legal battle with sacked radio presenter Antoinette Lattouf.
Deputy Greens Leader, Senator
@MehreenFaruqi
@veedubgirl
@TimHuttonAu
@nswpolice
Me too! Unfortunately he wasn’t. He was just as appalled by it though. Poor thing apologised to me for not saying something on the spot. I told him it wasn’t his fault. We both focused on the job at hand.
Today was a special day for me. It marks my first ever report to air on national television. It took a long time to get to this point. Thanks to everyone who believed in me along the way. Now let's tell some worthy stories.
#CovidTesting
#Covid_19
#Australia
#NSW
#RapidTests
@Tito_Ambyo
@nswpolice
Thanks king! It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve received unsolicited remarks in the field but it’s usually from disenfranchised and frustrated people and I get it. But coming from a cop? He had no right.
Just received my Australian passport today 😍 (one of the new fancy ones) and I couldn’t help but notice the message from the
@GovGeneralAU
references the Queen and not the King. And no I only applied for it a couple of weeks ago.
I tried to catch a train to do my live cross on the importance of public transportation issues for this election.
Couldn’t catch one because of major public transportation issues 🤷🏻♂️
#NSWvotes
#NSWVotes2023
Every once in a while, I'll be walking down the street & suddenly notice where I am
#Australia
& I'll think to myself I'm so freakin lucky. I get to live here. I get to work here. I get to say this is home & I'm from here. It's been 5 years & it still hits me & I'm still grateful
Thanks mate! My parents NEVER approved of my naturally curly North-African hair, always asking me to straighten it or slick it back! (To this day)
Vindicated at last😄💪🏽
Something cool is happening 😊
And by something cool I mean, the newly minted SBS عربي News is coming at a screen near you, very soon
If you've got stories of interest to the
#Arabic
community in
#Australia
I'm your guy. My DM's are open and my email is nabil.nashar
@sbs
.com.au
As an Arabic speaker I can confirm this
@BBC
translation is rubbish. She never mentioned Hamas once. The fact translation in Green is accurate.
This is either gross incompetence or worse. Whoever produced this segment needs their work thoroughly checked.
A released Palestinian prisoner says in Arabic that Israel held them in the cold w/o electricity, "sprayed us w/ pepper spray" & "left us to die."
She never mentioned Hamas or a word like it. Yet
@BBC
translated to: "No one helped us. Only Hamas cared...We love them very much."
This obsession with Ancient Egyptian's skin colour, is desperate & stupid. I'm
#Egyptian
. Wanna know what my ancestors looked like? North Africans. Look at me!!
Fixating on our skin colour is about the dumbest possible thing to obsess over in our history.
Quick history lesson!
Nationals leader David Littleproud was interrupted by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young while defending the Coalition's calls to halt Palestinians fleeing Gaza from entering Australia.
Read more:
Calling Majdal Shams an "Israeli town" is misinformation. Here are the facts:
Majdal Shams is in the Golan Heights.
The Golan Heights, also known as هضبة الجولان is occupied Syrian territory, taken by Israel during the 1967 war and later annexed by a Knesset vote on 14 December
Australia unequivocally condemns the strike on the northern Israeli town of Majdal Shams.
My thoughts are with those killed, those injured and their loved ones.
Can I just say, whichever side you were on during this election, the rivalry between these two was just wholesome to watch.
Especially in the polarized world we live in today, where the default setting is to villainize your opponent and attack their character.
via
@rubycornish
When you accidentally run into a group of Egyptian boys in Western Sydney and they instantly recognise you're Egyptian, a spontaneous rendition of the national anthem naturally ensues ✌😍😂🇪🇬
#Egypt
#Sydney
#Australia
Police just told the woman she’s under arrest for “breaching the peace” after an altercation with anti-abortion rally participants in front of St Mary’s Cathedral.
@AjeJolie
للأسف النساء من هذا النوع 👆🏼 هن أعداء أنفسهن. التحرش مشكلة حقيقية في كل مكان والحل ليس إن النساء تهرب وتحول عالشرطة كل ما يتعرضلها شخص 🤦🏻♂️ الاعتراف بالمشكلة أول الطريق للتغيير! تغاضي المجتمع عنها ورفض الحديث بها الموضوع هو اللي يخليه taboo ويمنع التقدم
The hardest part about saying sorry is admitting you were wrong, which they did, so why not apologise?
A lot of people took interest in this when I first shared it so I just wanted to let everyone know the outcome.
Now this matter is finalised! Thank you all for the support 🙏🏽
Reminder: Australia voted against the UN General Assembly resolution to refer this matter to the
@CIJ_ICJ
in 2022.
The very same resolution which passed and eventually resulted in this ruling
@SenatorWong
is now referring to.
@Elias_Jahshan
It’s actually way cooler than that. The sign was legit gifted by the city of Pareamatta to the village of Kfar Sghab in the 90’s because of the deep connection of that 800 people village in Parramatta. Some 20,000 people in Parramatta today trace their heritage to that village.
My Qatari friend pointed out: No media seems overly concerned about the rioting in
#France
ahead of the
#2024ParisOlympics
compared to the less than perfect media coverage ahead of
#Qatar2022
. If these scenes were unfolding in Qatar, calls to change venue would’ve surely ensued
"Our government says we share the same values as the State of Israel. Well, as a Palestinian here, I have to wonder what does that mean? [In] Israel, people there have shouted 'Death to the Arabs'."
-
@gazaheart
via
@chamas_zena
When you first file the complaint, they ask you what outcome would you like to happen?
I said, I’d like an apology. That’s all.
I don’t want the officer to get fired. I didn’t (still don’t) want anything bad to happen to him.
Just basic polite behaviour our mothers taught us
When you’re wrong, you apologise & the police acknowledged he was wrong.
I called
@nswpolice
like they said & was told they’ll check & get back to me about an apology.
I never got one!
They also wouldn’t tell me what “proportionate action” was taken.
Sensitivity training?
On today’s episode of “things that aren’t true”, the
@australian
draws a comparison between Singapore and
#Gaza
.
Opening line: “Much of Gaza is in smouldering ruin and Gazans are to blame.”
#NotTheOnion
In writing this story, I went to former
@ABCmediawatch
presenter
@AttardMon
who said this:
“The ABC says disclosing its legal costs would prejudice its case which is a stock standard response from institutions in similar circumstances. Whilst it may be an acceptable public
@SandiHLogan
@abcnews
Great question & I’m happy to oblige. I grew up in Qatar where I wasn’t considered a citizen. I had no voting rights. I’m also Egyptian, so I could vote by mail. Historically our elections are won by the incumbent president with 99% of the vote ☺️ Make of that what you will.
A portion of the pro-Palestine rally in Sydney’s Belmore Park today near central station.
The march is headed to the
#Sydney
University student solidarity encampment.
#Israel
#Palestine
#Australia
50 years!!
That's how long it could take me to get my parents here.
Having just become an Australian citizen this March, I'm personally worried about this 👇🏽
#Auspol
#Migration
#ParentsVisa
"Genocide...they're repeating the 1948 Nakba. It's forced expulsion for us."
After 45+ days trapped in the old Greek Orthodox Church, Palestinians who just arrived from
#Gaza
last night told me all about their harrowing journey out of the besieged strip.
There are 860 Palestinians now granted temporary Australian visas.
Not all can leave
#Gaza
. Not all even want to, because they're afraid if they leave, it'll be the last time they ever see their homeland. Some are calling it a second
#Nakba
#Israel
#Palestine
My latest from
#Gaza
#غزة
"We are terrified that we may not live until tomorrow”
“The children are petrified … they didn't sleep last night [Sunday] due to the heavy bombing and the fear that they may lose their parents at any moment."
@abcnews
Wardeh Bint Broheem....
This woman left her ill husband and 4 children in Lebanon in 1898 and came to
#Australia
alone...to forge a new life for her family.
Now more than 20,000
#Parramatta
locals trace their heritage to her village
#Kfarsghab
Right-wing Israeli Jews assaulted & abused ABC reporter
@allysonhorn
+ crew in
#Jerusalem
Palestinians & other journalists were also violently attacked as
#Israelis
chanted "Death to Arabs" & "
#Gaza
is a cemetery"
Some required medical attention.
The reactions from the Arabic community young & old, overwhelmingly adore our new service, confirming the multilingual communities are hungry for this 😍
إليكم ردود فعل الجالية العربية تجاه نشرة الأخبار الجديدة من
@SBSNews
والمقدمة باللغة العربية. دعم الجالية يدفعنا للأمام.