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Jerry Guirguis interviews Joseph Wakim, Order of Australia Medal for public campaigns to redress the roots of racism in 2001, 600+ opinion pieces published in all major Australian newspaper, tonight Mr Wakim will be talking to us about his newly released book – What my daughters taught me, here on 96.5FM - the Egyptian radio show [ Monday 3rd August 2015, 6:30pm Melbourne ].
6:30pm – Our special guests tonight is Joseph Wakim Author and a great Dad role model, his latest book – What My daughters taught me, it’s a book i should’ve had access to 16 years ago, bringing up my kids. published by Allen & Unwin, RRP $32.99, on sale now.
Hi and welcome, can we start with ......................
In this heart-warming memoir, Joseph Wakim shares his story of bringing up his three daughters singlehandedly after losing his beautiful wife and the girl’s mother, Nadia, to breast cancer in 2003.
Twelve years on, this is their beautiful story. Joseph shares candidly his family’s journey, learning the hard and valuable truths about each other – and themselves – along the way.
Joseph wants dads out there to reclaim & relearn these steps in single parenting.
Q1] How did you go with cooking the family meals at the beginning, and are you Master chef now ?
Q2] Work-Life balance !!!!, Did you spend less time at work to be with your kids ?
Q3] How would your book read if you had a son ?
Joseph Wakim After studying psychology and social work, he founded the Streetwork Project in Adelaide and the Australian Arabic Council, produced the TV documentary Zero to Zenith, wrote
four satirical comedies that were staged in Melbourne, was appointed Victoria's youngest Multicultural Affairs Commissioner, and composed music for his family band, The Heartbeats. He was granted the
Violence Prevention Award by Commonwealth Heads of Government in 1996 and the Order of Australia Medal for public campaigns to redress the roots of racism in 2001.
His debut book Sorry We Have No Space was 2014 finalist for Australian Christian Book of the Year. He has had over 600 opinion pieces published in all major Australian newspapers and
was finalist at the United Nations Association of Australia - Media Award 2014 for creating a 'voice for the voiceless'.
Jerry Guirguis
Presenter
96.5FM - Egyptian radio show
0400 718 817
https://sites.google.com/site/jerryguirguis
studio : 03 9457 1718
CD copy of this interview can be requested by email to: [ Jerry.Guirguis@gmail.com ]
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Jerry Guirguis interview Joseph Wakim OAM – Medal of the Order of Australia, Mr Wakim is a multi-award winning writer who has had over 500 printed opinion articles published over 20 years in all major Australian newspapers. Founder of the Australian Arabic Council and former Multicultural Affairs Commissioner, Public speaker, Interviewed on The Drum, Insight, ABC News 24 , Today Tonight and SBS TV series Once upon a time in Punchbowl. Joseph Wakim will be speaking to us Live-to-air on 96.5FM studio – Egyptian radio show [ Monday 22nd December 2014, Melbourne ].
6:15pm – Our 1st special guests tonight is Joseph Wakim OAM
Joseph Wakim the Author of Sorry we have no space [ Graffiti - Arabs out of the country ] book was launched in Sydney on 21 October 2013
Joseph is on his 3rd book !!!
Last time we had you on-air [ 3rd Feb 2014 b – talking about Palestine-Israeli two state solution]
Hi and welcome
can we start with ......................
I noticed your published Comment - in The Sydney Morning Herald, 19th December 2014;
I noticed your published Comment - in The Sydney Morning Herald, 19th December 2014;
“Sydney siege: Black flag symbol of fear, but we already have the antidote”.
“Sydney siege: Black flag symbol of fear, but we already have the antidote”.
The more the black flag is used by terrorists the more it comes to symbolise fear. The flower memorial that grew after the siege is a symbol of our shared love and our shared values.
If he carries a gun, it is a siege. But if he also carries an Islamic flag, it is terrorism.
Perhaps that flag was more loaded than the gun. It tainted the tragic story as something borne of a "death cult" rather than a dangerous psychosis.
A black flag was also brandished from a passing vehicle in front of my children's school in Parramatta on September 16. Verbal threats were made by a 14-year-old about slaughtering Christian children. Again it was the flag that catapulted the incident to banner headlines. As the school spokesman, I fielded media interviews from around the world to put this isolated incident into factual perspective.
And it is the black flag that may be used again to galvanise global media attention. In the wake of Martin Place tragedy, how do we stop "copy-cat" crimes by narcissists who seek to capitalise on the Islamophobia?
From within the community, this may be combated by clerics reiterating that such perpetrators end up going down as criminals, not rising up as martyrs.
From the wider community, we should stop pushing people over the edge. Stop pushing people to denounce every crime committed by Muslims, as if it does not go without saying. Stop pushing people to feel that they are on parole, as if they are collectively guilty until proven innocent. Stop pushing people towards the margins of society, towards radicalisation, towards the IS recruitment propaganda that Muslims are unwelcome and unloved in the West. Using a migration paradigm, the Islamophobes are creating the push factor which feeds into the ISIS pull factor.
The Australian, British and other Western recruits who speak on these slick videos with the black flag as their backdrop tell their Muslim targets that they understand their alienation. "For all my brothers living in the West, I know how you feel … you feel depressed … the cure for the depression is jihad."
The black flag has morphed into a weapon that is more explosive than the bomb. Yet the shahada on the flag iterates the most basic tenets of Islam: There is no God but God; Mohammed is the messenger of God."
Imagine waving a crucifix inscribed with a basic Christian creed: "Jesus is the son of God who rose from the dead." The crucifix in a different context has been misappropriated as a symbol of fear, such as Crusades during the 12th century and by the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s when cross lighting had terrorised African Americans.
The repeated visual juxtaposition of the black flag in the IS beheading videos has been etched as a symbol to fear. The more we are conditioned to panic, like Pavlov's dogs salivating when they hear a bell ring, the more the flag gains potency.
As with many fears and phobias, our reactions are not always based on fact. Anything resembling the enemy is treated accordingly. Hence, other black flags, Arabic writing, bearded Muslim men with no moustache, and even Arabic speaking people trigger a similar sense of anxiety.
It may take time to deconstruct this damage and reconstruct the reality. Just because an individual waves a black flag does not mean that he is an IS jihadist militant. Their political movement to forcibly recreate a Caliphate has been roundly condemned by Islamic clerics worldwide, including Australia where the Grand Mufti Dr Ibrahim Aby Mohammed denounced ISIS as committing crimes against humanity and sins against God. The movement thrives on fear and attracts those who love to be feared.
What Sydney-siders have demonstrated this week is that what we love conquers what we fear. Indeed, love is the antithesis of fear. And the epitome of this was the I'll ride with you social media movement where the Muslim fear of being targeted on public transport was conquered by offers of accompaniment. On Thursday night, Muslim leaders arranged a public vigil at Martin Place to "Stand Together" with all those affected by the tragedy "here and overseas", They gathered around the symbol of the flower memorial, not flags.
Tragically, this community is no stranger to sieges and fear. I recall Martin Place being closed off on August 3 during the peace rallies over the "siege" in Gaza. Many flags were flown by those empathising with a population on the other side of the world. Operation Protective Edge saw over 2100 Palestinians and over 70 Israelis killed.
No matter how high flags are hoisted, our shared love of our shared values rises higher and looks down on the facts with a fresh perspective.
We see those who exploit flags to foster fear, whether it is those who claim to be Muslim martyrs or anti-Muslim martyrs. Ironically, both share the same philosophy and serve the same master: Muslims are misfits in Australia.
From high above the flapping flags, we see people of all colour congregate around the flower shrine and we know better.
Q1] Did we miss an opportunity at Martin Place ?, [ sad loss of two lives – Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson
If a number of Islamic Clerics along with the Grand Mufti, offered to talk directly with gunman Man Haron Monis,
might have changed this sad ending ?
Jerry Guirguis
Presenter
96.5FM – Egyptian radio show
0400 718 817
studio : 03 9457 1718
CD copy of this interview can be requested by email to: [ Jerry.Guirguis@gmail.com ]
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Jerry Guirguis interview Joseph Wakim, Live-to-air from the studio of 96.5FM – Egyptian radio program [ Monday 3rd Feb 2014, Melbourne-Australia ].
6:15pm – Our 1st special guest tonight is Joseph Wakim [ OAM - Medal of the Order of Australia ], is a multi-award winning writer who has had over 500 printed opinion articles published over 20 years in all major Australian newspapers. Founder of the Australian Arabic Council and former Multicultural Affairs Commissioner, Public speaker, Interviewed on The Drum, Insight, ABC News 24 , Today Tonight and SBS TV series Once upon a time in Punchbowl.
Joseph Wakim the Author of Sorry we have no space [ Graffiti - Arabs out of the country ] book was launched in Sydney on 21 October 2013
Hi & Welcome ……..;
Hi & Welcome ……..;
I noticed the Herald Sun published your opinion on 9th Jan 2014 “Australia must find balance on Palestinians”
I noticed the Herald Sun published your opinion on 9th Jan 2014 “Australia must find balance on Palestinians”
2014 is the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
The Australian government was among the eight nations which abstained from voting on a United Nations general assembly resolution which called for an end to Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. 158 countries voted in favour of the UN resolution, which called for the "prevention of all acts of violence, destruction, harassment and provocation by Israeli settlers".
1997 - The votes were 155 in favour, two against (US and Israel)
1998 - 154-2 .
2004 - 161-7 Australia joined the against under prime minister John Howard.
2009 - for those six years, Australia voted against a two-state solution, with Israel, the US
…, can we start with the following questions ? ……..
Q1] by Australia Abstaining, is that a balancing act or are we afraid of losing Americans’ protection against our neighbouring countries?
Q2] Murdoch press is known to support Israel, but what about Fairfax media, they will not cover these issues, is that because Qatar and Aljazeera has bought them and gagged them ?
The international court of justice, in its 2004 advisory opinion on the wall being constructed by Israel in the West Bank, concluded that
"the Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories (including East Jerusalem) have been established in breach of international law."
The three principles for achieving a "two state solution of Israel and Palestine":
1] The land can’t be acquired by war,
2] All settlements in the occupied territories, including East Jerusalem, are illegal,
Israel must withdraw from these occupied territories, grant the Palestinians their right to self-determination,
3] Resolve the Palestinian refugee problem in accord with UN general assembly resolution 194.
Kissinger once said to Anwar el-Sadat the former Egyptian president (1970-1981) “don't expect to win on the negotiating table what you lost on the battlefield.” ?
Q3] Is that What Australia saying to Palestinians?
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's spokeswoman said
the government's position on voting on Middle East-related resolutions in the UN reflected Australia's support for a two-state solution.
"Australia stands ready to assist in any way it can to support the efforts of Israel and the Palestinians to achieve lasting peace,
including supporting Palestinian development as an important contribution to the Middle East peace process," she said.
Q4] What’s your message to our Abbot t Government & our own Democracy
Jerry Guirguis
Presenter
96.5FM – Egyptian radio show
0400 718 817
studio : 03 9457 1718
CD copy of this interview can be requested by email to: [ Jerry.Guirguis@gmail.com ]
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Jerry Guirguis interview Joseph Wakim Live-to-air from the studio of 96.5FM – Egyptian radio program [ 18th Nov 2013, Melbourne-Australia ].
6:15pm – Our 1st special guest tonight is Joseph Wakim [ OAM - Medal of the Order of Australia ], is a multi-award winning writer who has had over 500 printed opinion articles published over 20 years in all major Australian newspapers. Founder of the Australian Arabic Council and former Multicultural Affairs Commissioner, Public speaker, Interviewed on The Drum, Insight, ABC News 24 , Today Tonight and SBS TV series Once upon a time in Punchbowl.
Joseph Wakim the Author of Sorry we have no space [ Graffiti - Arabs out of the country ] book was launched in Sydney on 21 October by Deputy Police Commissioner Nick Kaldas and in Melbourne on 29 October 2013 by former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer, former Ambassador to the Holy See.
This inspirational story of how and why this ‘average joe’ became a self-made columnist and a ‘go to’ voice for the voiceless.
This timely New Release would appeal to anyone interested in current affairs, media, Middle East, inter-faith, multiculturalism and advocacy.
Distributed in Australia, USA and UK, publisher : Connor Court Publishing P/L.
Joseph Wakim
Genre ........................................…...: New Release, Non-Fiction Narrative
Link through publisher Connor Court : http://bit.ly/18pMITK
Email publisher ………………………….….: anthony@connorcourt.com
Phone author ………………………….…….: 0407 516 470
Web …………………………………………….: www.josephwakim.com.au
Hi & Welcome …, can we start with the following questions ? ……..
Q1] Sorry we have no space covers Arab and Cancer-Phobia.
Arab-Phobia………….…… [ Ignorance, Racism, Christian Minority = Endangered Species at the birth place of Christianity,
Arab Spring was about a Genocide ]
Breast Cancer-Phobia….. [ a personal battle
Q2] Tell us how the Power of Language and your strong Faith has helped you expand your capacity to perform even more.
Jerry Guirguis
Presenter
96.5FM – Egyptian radio show
0400 718 817
studio : 03 9457 1718
CD copy of this interview can be requested by email to: [ Jerry.Guirguis@gmail.com ]
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