Welcome to our first podcast of 2020!

With the wonders of remote recording, Becs set up a makeshift studio in her bedroom and spoke with Nadine Lebde. A triple threat - Physiotherapist, academic researcher and creative writer in Sydney, Australia. 

Just as Nadine’s skill set is diverse, so was our chat! 

Topics include, growing up Arab in Australia, reclaiming being a ‘nerd’ and  balancing academic life with creative projects.

About Nadine Lebde (Bio supplied by guest) 

"Nadine Lebde is an Australian-Lebanese writer from Western Sydney. She has an Honours degree in Physiotherapy from the University of Sydney, and her research has been published in the British Medical Journal’s Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Nadine was selected to be a reviewer for the StoryCasters Project, an initiative for emerging culturally diverse writers run by Sweatshop in collaboration with Diversity Arts Australia. Her creative non-fiction piece was shortlisted for publication in the anthology "Arab, Australian, Other: Stories on Race and Identity" (2019) edited by Randa Abdel-Fattah and Sara Saleh. In 2008, her student blog was nominated for Edublog’s international award “Best Individual Blog”. Nadine is a member of Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement, a WestWords Academian (2020), and has performed at Bankstown Poetry Slam as well as the Surry Hills heat for the Australian Poetry Slam."

Show credits:

Producer & Editor: Rebecca Maakasa 

Guest: Nadine Lebde. 

‘The Margerine Tub’ story & artwork referenced in the episode is from Amaliah_Com via Instagram 

The music you heard is ‘International Promenade’ via Free Music Archive.

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