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Alyena Mohummadally

About

Alyena Mohummadally is a Pakistani-Australian queer Muslim woman who spent many years as a community legal centre lawyer before recently retraining as a primary school teacher. 

She is currently writing a cookbook on modern Australian cuisine with a Pakistani twist, and her two young sons are her favourite people to cook for.

She founded the Queer Muslims in Australia Yahoo Group in 2005 and has been published in journals, books, articles, spoken at conferences, workshops and has had documentaries made on her queer Muslim advocacy. Alyena had a long tenure on the Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council Inc.

Past Events

Coming of Age: Growing up Muslim in Australia

Irfan Yusuf, Demet Divaroren, Tasneem Chopra, Alyena Mohummadally, Amra Pajalic

Past event

24 Feb

Middlesex: Queer Week

Queering the Margins

Juliana Qian (Lia Incognita), Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Noel Tovey, Anton Enus, Alyena Mohummadally

Past event

28 Nov

The F Word

Religion

Alyena Mohummadally, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Bernadette Tobin, Jordy Silverstein

Past event

23 Mar

Question Time

The Modern Family

Madeleine Morris, Alyena Mohummadally, Chloe Shorten, Caroline Baum

Past event

18 Apr

I Know You Are, I Said You Are: Gender Stereotypes and Kids

Sami Shah, Nelly Thomas, Ro Allen, Alyena Mohummadally

Past event

4 Dec
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