Community Easter

Community Easter

Coming to Australia distanced us from our family in Turkey, but we were lucky because we weren’t the only families to immigrate here. Over time my parents acquainted themselves with the Assyrian Orthodox and Armenian communities, from which I now have some very...
The Immigrant Girl

The Immigrant Girl

It’s the peak heat of summer. Cars zoom past. Beeping horns, the rumble of trucks. Tall trees, a type I’ve never seen before, provide patches of shade like a linear chessboard along the cracked concrete footpath. The brilliant sun is hot against my face...
Welcome to Tip o The Fez

Welcome to Tip o The Fez

Hi. I’m Lora Inak and welcome to my blog, Tip o’ The Fez. Why Tip o’ The Fez? It’s my cultural spin on the very old English expression – Tip of the Hat. Google defines it as: the act of tipping or (especially in British English) doffing...