Mahmoud Murad
I work as a community worker and researcher in the field of disability, advocate to improve the quality of life and equality for people with disabilities in particular also migrants and refugees in general.
Initiative and Projects
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SyrianAustralianForum/
Website: https://refugeehub.com.au/
Articles co-authored
Engaged Advocacy: A framework for inclusion of People from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds in disability policy
Higgins Maree, Murad Mahmoud, Robinson Kim, Dew Angela, Boydell Katherine, McKay Fiona, Watson Jo, Coello Mariano, Smith Louisa, Johnson Kelley, Wells Ruth ( 2023). Engaged Advocacy: A framework for inclusion of people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds in disability policy, in Robinson S. & Fisher KR (eds), Research Handbook on Disability Policy, Edward Elgar, UK. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800373655.00034
Chapter 27: Narrative 9: My work advocating for the Syrian community
Murad, Mahmoud & Salameh, Miream & Higgins, Maree. (2023). Narrative 9: My work advocating for the Syrian community. Chapter 27: Research Handbook on Disability Policy DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800373655.00035
Small changes could bridge communication and cultural gaps for people from refugee backgrounds who need disability support
Joanne Watson, Angela Dew, Louisa Smith, Senior lecturer, Deakin University, and Mahmoud Murad, Deakin University July 2022 : Small changes could bridge communication and cultural gaps for people from refugee backgrounds who need disability support . https://theconversation.com/small-changes-could-bridge-communication-and-cultural-gaps-for-people-from-refugee-backgrounds-who-need-disability-support-185405
Exploring the intersection of human rights, health,disability and refugee status: an arts-based approach, Australian Journal of Human Rights
Ruth Wells, Mahmoud Murad, Maree Higgins, Louisa Smith, CarolineLenette, Julia Lappin, Angela Dew, Katherine Boydell, Helen Bibby, Maria Cassaniti, DavidIsaacs, Shanti Raman & Karen Zwi (2021): Exploring the intersection of human rights, health,disability and refugee status: an arts-based approach, Australian Journal of Human Rights, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2021.1882044
the Arabic community disability is not normal”: Understandings of disability among Iraqi and Syrian people from refugee backgrounds.
Dew A; Lenette C; Smith L; Boydell K; Bibby H; Lappin J; Coello M; Raman S; Velkou K; Wells R; Momartin S; Blunden H; Higgins M; Murad M; Barry J; Mohammad Y, 2020, ‘“To the Arabic community disability is not normal”: Understandings of disability among Iraqi and Syrian people from refugee backgrounds.’, Journal of Refugee Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feaa111
‘I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community and pay my respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.’