Malak Tamimi's Layers of Identity

Malak Tamimi's Layers of Identity

By OAR FM Dunedin - Community Access Media | Posted: Tuesday Apr 22, 2025

Ōtepoti Dunedin’s creative rangatahi explore their whakapapa through powerful stories of their identity, culture, and belonging through poetry and essays on ‘Layers of Identity’.

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"My family’s hearts are stuck in Palestine, though our bodies are safely in Aotearoa. Does this mean we are here, or there?"


Malak, a student at Queen’s High School, was born in Ōtepoti and traces her whakapapa and heart to Palestine She shares insights from her personal reflective essay, Belonging in Between, which references the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish.

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Layers of Identity airs Saturdays 12.30pm and Fridays 3.30pm

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