Sydney has turned friendship into a calendar invite
It’s not that we’ve forgotten to see each other; we’ve just become too rigid about when we can.
Sidra Ghanawi
Sidra tells people-first stories to challenge the dominant narrative. Bylines: 2MFM, AMUST. Instagram: @sidra.ghanawi
4 posts by Sidra Ghanawi
Nobody in Sydney actually says where they live
Everyone lives ‘near Marrickville’ or ‘basically Parramatta’ or wherever sounds least alarming.
They’ve been here for sixteen years but you’ve been eating elsewhere
Sydney loves Western Sydney’s food, but we just prefer to have it anywhere but Western Sydney.
Auburn is the Sydney you ignore
On the T2 line to Auburn, a suburb I once knew only through headlines, crime statistics, and the look people give you when you say ‘Auburn’.
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