Dellaram Vreeland
@dellavee
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Baha'i, journo, mumma, wife. Rural + regional reporter @GuardianAus. Australian-born Iranian. I love pleats and puffed sleeves.
Wadawurrung Country
Joined June 2010
My reflections on how prayer fuels positive actions amid this troubled global landscape. @BahaiBIC @austbahai
theguardian.com
My family fled Iran in 1979 as members of a religious minority. Now we watch from the safety of Australia as our community is persecuted again
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Thank you for covering this @NassimKhadem
'Forced confessions' amid government crackdown spells execution fears. Families of two youth #Venus_Hosseininejad #PeyvandNaeimi tell me they're being 'scapegoated' because of their religion https://t.co/34Lw16FvbX
@abcnews @IHRights
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My thoughts on expanding our village in an increasingly fearful world. https://t.co/vLMpbFNbZt
theguardian.com
My children are used to watching me strike up conversations with strangers – and now they do it too. But in an increasingly cautious world, we feel like outliers
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The circles of connection promoting men's mental health in regional and rural communities. https://t.co/pOGpLIE6wb
theguardian.com
Local-led gatherings are empowering, supporting and forging connections for men in regions where more formal mental health services are under stress
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As @edsheeran releases the official video clip and Farsi version of Azizam, I share my thoughts on why the diaspora - myself included - is going wild over the new single. https://t.co/Vr3EStH9n6
theguardian.com
The star’s new single, Azizam, is a rare pop-cultural moment in which Iran is celebrated for the beauty of its culture
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Negar Sabet talks to @SBSNews about her mother #MahvashSabet while she waits to hear if a medical committee will force her return to prison to continue serving her sentence purely for her beliefs in the #Bahai Faith. #FreeMahvash @SenatorWong @dfat
https://t.co/ZNIzhqnGzE
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In Conversation with Noora Rowhani, daughter of senior #Bahai dignitary #RemyRowhani whose been unjustly imprisoned in #Qatar. Noora shares her family’s journey & appeals to the international community to be the voice for the voiceless. #FreeRemyRowhani
https://t.co/EUl4hmrVFY
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Excellent article in @GuardianAus by @dellavee reflecting on her freedom to practice the #Bahai faith freely in Australia - a right that is denied to her co-religionists in #Iran
#HumanRights
With the persecution against the #Bahais in #Iran intensifying, I felt compelled to write this piece. @BahaiBIC_Rights
https://t.co/BB84cgcsho
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My latest piece in The Guardian explores how regional schools are having to adapt to evolving student bodies through the engagement of EAL educators. Like teachers, these educators also are in high demand. https://t.co/Zh38iRkhjE
theguardian.com
Specially trained teachers have made a huge impact in regional Victoria, where the number of students from non-English-speaking backgrounds is growing
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With many thanks for sharing, @BahaiBIC_Rights 🙏
A must-read by Australian-Iranian journalist Dellaram Vreeland @dellavee on #Bahai community activities in #Australia—and why the same activities are punished with persecution in #Iran. #OurStoryIsOne #HumanRights
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“Australia has welcomed Iranian #Bahais with open arms. Back home, we’d be persecuted” @dellavee writes for @GuardianAus about the denial of #humanrights to practice her faith freely in #Iran Read the article: https://t.co/Sf2DerWxmE
#AusBahai #Bahai #BahaisInIran #Equality
theguardian.com
The community-building activities my family and I participate in every week are a core part of our faith. In Iran, it would see us arrested
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With the persecution against the #Bahais in #Iran intensifying, I felt compelled to write this piece. @BahaiBIC_Rights
https://t.co/BB84cgcsho
theguardian.com
The community-building activities my family and I participate in every week are a core part of our faith. In Iran, it would see us arrested
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Cheap, local and in season: why Victorians are shopping at the farm gate
theguardian.com
Small farm shops are growing in popularity but proponents say regulations are holding them back
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Family who run Bathurst’s only Vietnamese restaurant fight to keep hope alive as they face deportation
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City rallies behind Thi Huế Dao in an 11th-hour plea to immigration minister Tony Burke for permission to stay in Australia
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Family who run Bathurst’s only Vietnamese restaurant fight to keep hope alive as they face deportation. @GuardianAus @Sydney_Uni
https://t.co/LBjaAAm5VC
theguardian.com
City rallies behind Thi Huế Dao in an 11th-hour plea to immigration minister Tony Burke for permission to stay in Australia
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"But for rural and regional communities, there is an added challenge. That is: how to live with no way of getting basic facts about our communities in the absence of a local news service." Important read by @gabriellechan
https://t.co/2S3CKswKai
theguardian.com
Local media have been stretched ever thinner as the money to train and staff publications disappears. Now many towns have no reliable news source
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“Migrant farmers’ desire to grow culturally important crops in their post-migration contexts, alongside their experience with diverse environmental conditions, constitute a poorly recognised resource for adapting to climate change.” - @ProfLesleyHead (from the article) 👏🏽
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"Growing Australia: how a refugee from Iran helped expand the pistachio industry." @dellavee Australia's diverse climate zones give the continent diverse production potential which can be better realised if we tap into our diverse population. https://t.co/LyXahndtgT
theguardian.com
Mehran Mahdavi is among the many migrants whose skills and knowledge transformed our horticulture industry – and taste buds
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The story of how one #Bahai refugee from #Iran played a role in establishing Australia's largest and most successful pistachio farm: https://t.co/YsXgRAVWXH
theguardian.com
Mehran Mahdavi is among the many migrants whose skills and knowledge transformed our horticulture industry – and taste buds
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