It’s a tale as old as Gen Z: the youth are in an identity crisis, especially when their identity is diverged between continents. For young creatives in the diaspora, growing up in Australia involves more than grasping two disparate cultures – it’s being a vessel for the art and stories of their ancestors; an echo of the rich traditions of their native artistry reimagined in the West.

Shayla Zreika speaks with fellow Middle Eastern creatives to make sense of the cultural “in-between” in leading artistic industries and explore the diasporic experiences of bridging home and the homeland.

Here Nor There Ep. 1

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