Nassif Khoury

New Minister for Youth and Early Childhood Education and Member for Cowan, Dr Anne Aly, spoke to SBS Arabic24 about her new portfolio.

Speaking at the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia (FECCA) conference on June 16, Dr Aly reflected on retaining the federal seat of Cowan at last month's federal election, and her appointment as Minister for Youth and Early Childhood Education. Securing a spot in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's cabinet means she is the first federal minister of Arab descent. Dr Aly described being given the new portfolio as “a great honour” and hoped her success woul…

People with diabetes in Australia and the world are hopeful after a breakthrough medical discovery by a Melbourne-based Iraqi doctor which could eliminate the need for daily insulin injections and even lead to a cure for type 1.

Diabetes has been called the "21st Century epidemic" and the biggest challenge facing Australia's health system, affecting 1.8 million Australians with 280 new cases being reported every day. SBS Arabic24 met with Australian-Iraqi doctor Ghaith Al-Hasani, known in the medical community as Dr Keith, to talk about two discoveries he has made in the course of research aimed at alleviating the symptoms experienced by people with diabetes through a sustainable cure. "In the case o…

here In the years leading up to her fiftieth birthday, Samar El Hassan said she had decided to focus on taking care of her body and herself after devoting more than half of her life to caring for her two children, her husband and her home. The story of Ms El Hassan, an accountant at the Lebanese Embassy in Canberra, began with wanting to shed a few kilos as she entered middle age. But her new regime quickly turned into a passion for body sculpting and muscle development to become one of the few…