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"Two Palestinian Australian men say they were subjected to racist abuse on a
Sydney train on the same day anti-immigration marches took place across
Australian cities.
Film-makers Shamikh and Majed Badra told
Guardian Australia they were
verbally abused on a train on Sunday afternoon, allegedly because Majed was
wearing a keffiyeh.
The brothers, who have had family killed in the war in Gaza and whose surviving
family members in the occupied territory remain under bombardment, had attended
a rally for Palestine in Sydney’s CBD, before boarding a train at Town Hall for
Stanmore station.
The pair sat together on the lower deck of the train: Majed Badra wore a
black-and-white keffiyeh, a garment not unique to, but strongly associated
with, the Palestinian cause.
Within minutes, the pair claim they were subjected to unprompted verbal abuse
from men on the train."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
