Kickback Republic

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Rey. Rey is the vice president of the Philippine National Rugby League & ASEAN Rugby League Association, Philippine Sampaguitas. Rey has been very active in his role with the Philipino community, helping trying to establish a sporting hub in the Philipines. 

 

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I had the pleasure of sitting down with Emeritus Professor Kim Oates. Professor Oates has previously served as the CEO of Westmead Children’s Hospital, working also as the Emeritus Professor at the University of Sydney Medical School, and having decades of experience working as a paediatrician, assisting closely in child abuse cases and research work into the effects of child neglect and ways to minimize the damage caused. Professor Kim has published hundreds of articles into children’s health and is considered an expert in the field of Paediatrics.

I had the opportunity to sit down with Ziyad from Umi Nori Atelier. Ziyad is an experienced tailor that has had many years in the industry, he provided me with some valuable insight into being a tailor, the process of selecting and fitting a suit, and the direction of high fashion and tailoring.

 

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I had the opportunity to sit down with Atdhe from Are U Happy. Atdhe travels around the world and asks people the simple question of "are you happy". These conversations have been shared all around the world, with over 1million followers on TikTok, Atdhe has built a viral following! We spoke on everything happiness, why Atdhe decided to start travelling the world and asking this question and what he thinks of happiness these days.

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I had the pleasure of sitting down with Coach Keefe and Oace. Coach Keefe is a very respected boxing coach in the community, having 30 years of boxing coaching under his belt, Coach Keefe runs and operates Brotherhood Boxn gym in Greenacre. Oace is an amatuer fighter based in Sydney, with a number of years of experience across BJJ, Boxing, Muay Thai. Oace and Coach Keefe provide a very interesting perspective into the world of fighting from both the perspective of a fighter and a coach. 

Find Brotherhood boxn here:

https://www.facebook.com/brotherhoodboxnclub/

https://www.instagram.com/brotherhoodboxnclub/?hl=en

 

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I had the pleasure of sitting down Rawah Arja. Rawah Arja is a writer and teacher from Western Sydney. Her writing has featured in Arab, Australian, Other, SBS Voices and at the Sydney Writer’s Festival. Rawah shared with me her journey to becoming an author and writing her dubut novel 'The F Team', what it takes to build stories and characters in her books and the influence that 'Punchbowl' has had in her story development.

Find Rawa's book here: 

https://giramondopublishing.com/product/the-f-team/

https://www.rawaharjaauthor.com/about

 

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I had the pleasure of sitting down with Lionel! Lionel is currently managing Jaecy. We sat down and went through what it takes to be an artist manager, the growing music scene in Australia and the "Area Movement".

 

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I had the opportunity to sit down with Amirah from Taboo Talks. Amirah Co-Founded Taboo Talks- a non-inclusive, non-judgmental platform for people to come together to speak on relevant social issues within a safe space. Amirah also has worked as a youth social worker for the past decade, working with local communitities in Australia. 

 

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I had the opportunity to sit down with EducAid co-founder Tareq. Tareq is an extremely brave and honest individual that was kind enough to walk me through his personal journey with mental health and his struggle with anxiety. Tareq's story is one of many, and he was generous enough to detail his journey to help the community understand how often these issues happen. 

Find EducAid here: https://linktr.ee/educaidau

 

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I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr.Ahmed Qasem, who currently sits in as the principal scientist at Cardiex- a medical technology company based in Sydney. Cardiex helps develop medical technology to help in the developing & design of advanced cardiovascular measurement devices. In addition to working at Cardiex, Dr.Ahmed Qasem is also a research fellow at Macquarie University. 

 

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