The Guest House

Journalist and poet Mohamed Hassan shares stories, poetry and conversations with members of the Muslim community as he tries to come to terms with March 15 mosque attacks in Christchurch one year on."This being human is a guest house, every day a new arrival, an unexpected visito ...  عرض المزيد

Mohamed Hassan works through the five stages of grief felt by Muslim New Zealanders after the March 15 attacks. Stage one is denial; he talks to Hassan Raslan, who spent three days helping with the burials. "This being human is a guest house, every morning a new arrival. A joy, a ...  عرض المزيد

After denial comes anger. Guled Mire became a spokesperson for his community after the mosque attacks, but when he showed anger at the death of innocents, he found the tide shifting.Guled Mire is a firecracker by nature, driven by an unyielding sense of justice. It often gets him ...  عرض المزيد

After anger comes bargaining. 'If only we had taken better care of our Muslim neighbours'. But we hadn't and many Māori stepped up, drawing on their own experience of exclusion.Some of the most remarkable and deliberate responses to the Christchurch attacks stemmed from Māori cul ...  عرض المزيد

After bargaining, the depression. It was felt by Muslims even half a world away, who experienced the 'vicarious trauma' and thought maybe they were right to worry about their safety after all.This year a study out of Sussex University referenced the term 'vicarious trauma' to des ...  عرض المزيد