This week, an exploration on coping with and processing trauma through the creation of art.

Before being brought to Australia, refugee Kazem Kazemi was detained on Manus Island for six years. The ordeal was brutal, dealing with abusive guards, friends passing away and more. Throughout it all, the ability to play and listen to heavy metal music is what kept him afloat.

Safdar Ahmed, someone similarly bolstered by heavy metal, tells this story and describes the connection he made with Kazem through music. 

Find Out more about anti-racist Muslim death metal band, Hazeen here.

Hazeen's Bandcamp

Refugee Art Project

Featured: Safdar Ahmed and Kazem Kazemi

Producer: Mike Williams

You can find more stories by Mike plus details for his upcoming live shows in Sydney and Melbourne at mikewilliams.com.au



All The Best Credits: 

Production Manager & Host: Danni Stewart

Editorial Manager: Mell Chun

Social Media Producer: Timothy Nguyen

Community and Events Coordinator: Lidiya Josifova

This week, an exploration on coping with and processing trauma through the creation of art.
Before being brought to Australia, refugee Kazem Kazemi was detained on Manus Island for six years. The ordeal was brutal, dealing with abusive guards, friends passing away and more. Throughout it all, the ability to play and listen to heavy metal music is what kept him afloat.
Safdar Ahmed, someone similarly bolstered by heavy metal, tells this story and describes the connection he made with Kazem through music. 
Find Out more about anti-racist Muslim death metal band, Hazeen <a href="https://safdarahmed.com/hazeen-death-metal-jihad/?fbclid=IwAR1IMqbCGEeVVYWVD_k-9W4u-92V1c3AOmPxndBOf2VifqGIyNNnOlMw4Wg">here.</a>
<a href="https://piranha-records.bandcamp.com/album/sovereign-murders?fbclid=IwAR3ep90FrJkrx3wOS0ukE1Cq28KcslQrigDGEnAyQzbirfqV5YrnSfHTPJs">Hazeen's Bandcamp</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheRefugeeArtProject">Refugee Art Project</a>
Featured: Safdar Ahmed and Kazem Kazemi
Producer: Mike Williams
You can find more stories by Mike plus details for his upcoming live shows in Sydney and Melbourne at <a href="http://mikewilliams.com.au/">mikewilliams.com.au</a>
 
All The Best Credits: 
Production Manager &amp; Host: Danni Stewart
Editorial Manager: Mell Chun
Social Media Producer: Timothy Nguyen
Community and Events Coordinator: Lidiya Josifova

All The Best is for new Australian storytelling. Hear from a Melbourne-based cannibal, how the Australian Wallabies used theatre workshops to improve their game, anxiety attacks in a Tantric sex class, and what the shopping centre Santa Claus is really thinking, all on All The Best. 


We're a weekly radio show and podcast produced at FBi Radio in Sydney in association with SYN and Triple R in Melbourne, and broadcast nationally via the Community Radio Network. We’ve been telling stories in a variety of forms since 2011, picking a theme each week and using short form documentary, personal narrative, interviews, and spoken word to bring you the best from across Australia.

All The Best is for new Australian storytelling. Hear from a Melbourne-based cannibal, how the Australian Wallabies used theatre workshops to improve their game, anxiety attacks in a Tantric sex class, and what the shopping centre Santa Claus is really thinking, all on All The Best. 
 
We're a weekly radio show and podcast produced at FBi Radio in Sydney in association with SYN and Triple R in Melbourne, and broadcast nationally via the Community Radio Network. We’ve been telling stories in a variety of forms since 2011, picking a theme each week and using short form documentary, personal narrative, interviews, and spoken word to bring you the best from across Australia.

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