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The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission summary report on national consultations with Arab and Muslim Australians was launched in Sydney today.

The meeting was facilitated by Ms Marguerite Rooke from Multicultural Community Services of Central Australia and attended by Ms Omeima Sukkarieh from HREOC (notes). Some 27 invited participants attended from the Alice Springs community.

The meeting was facilitated by Omeima Sukkarieh and Susanna Iuliano from HREOC and attended by 13 invited participants from the Canberra Islamic Centre.

The meeting was attended by three members of FAIR and facilitated by Meredith Wilkie and Susanna Iuliano from HREOC. Omeima Sukkarieh (notes) also attended from HREOC.

The meeting was chaired by Dr Jocelynne A. Scutt, Commissioner, together with Ms Santi Mariso, Community Education and Liaison Officer and Mrs Pia Struwe, Investigation and Conciliation Officer with the Anti-Discrimination Commission, and with Mr Stuart Beswick of Multicultural Tasmania. It was attended by some 24 invited participants, two of whom were children (10/13). The Commissioner gave a short introduction. Then everyone introduced her/himself and said a few words about where they had come from and their interests.

“I have had many experiences of discrimination like many of our community, and probably because of our appearance. What they do is for e.g. I was standing beside the road and was given the finger. Or when I enter the store, some people look at me like a stranger and make me feel uncomfortable, and some even say ‘terrorist’.”

The meeting was chaired by Ms Susan Booth, Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Queensland. It was attended by 15 invited participants. Dr Bill Jonas, Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner, and Omeima Sukkarieh attended from HREOC.

Dr William Jonas AM, the Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, launched the Ismaع project in March 2003.

The meeting was chaired by Mr Abdul Majid Zahra, Manager of Tripoli and Mena Association (TMA), and facilitated by Omeima Sukkarieh (notes) from HREOC. Also note-taking was Administrative Officer of TMA, Zeinab Rizk. The TMA Arabic Aged Worker Sam El Sayed also attended. 79 Arabic-speaking seniors attended, including both Muslims (the majority) and Christians. The consultation was conducted in Arabic.

This consultation was held in collaboration with the Office for Multicultural Interests, the Ethnic Communities Council Women's Sub-Committee, the Al-Hidayah Islamic School, the Somali community, Dar Al Shifah, the Muslim Women's Support Centre and the Australian Islamic College.

The meeting was facilitated by Omeima Sukkarieh (notes) from HREOC and was attended by eight young men. The consultation progressed very much as a group discussion and this summary records some of the exchanges between the participants.

The meeting was chaired by Ms Hind Kourouche, Coordinator of the Council and attended by four other invited participants. Omeima Sukkarieh and Meredith Wilkie (notes) attended from HREOC.

The meeting was organised by Ms Karen Goltz, Regional Health Promotion Public Health and Strategic Development Western Metropolitan Region, Department of Human Services and, and facilitated by Omeima Sukkarieh (notes) and Susanna Iuliano from HREOC. It was attended by seven invited participants. Omeima interpreted the Arabic.

The Ismaع project was advised by a reference group of 17 people, which included representatives from government agencies and religious and community organisations from across Australia.

The meeting was convened by Omeima Sukkarieh, Community Liaison Officer, and Susanna Iuliano, Policy Research Officer, from HREOC. It was attended by 12 participants from the local Iraqi community, including the local Imam. Participants were Iraqi refugee men, the majority on Temporary Protection Visas. As the community is small, consultation participants requested that the name of their town not be referred to in this notes.

The meeting was attended by 8 people including 7 young people aged between 9 and 15 years and one parent. Omeima Sukkarieh (notes) from HREOC attended and facilitated the consultation.

The meeting was chaired by Mr Jon Soemarjono, Chair of Canterbury-Bankstown MRC, and attended by 10 staff from various Sydney MRCs. Omeima Sukkarieh and Meredith Wilkie (notes) attended from HREOC.

These notes summarise a discussion with eight young Christians of Arabic speaking background led by Michael Mawal, Arabic Youth Worker at Australian Lebanese Welfare.

These notes summarise three separate consultations attended by a total of 41 high school students in Years 7 -11 from three government schools in the Parramatta, Granville and Bondi school districts in the Sydney metropolitan area. Most students invited to take part in the consultations were of Muslim or Arabic-speaking background. Students were required to obtain permission from their parents in order to participate. The meetings were organised with the assistance of the NSW Department of Education and Training and participating schools.