Zia Ahmad OAM on Pause with Nandini

We speak to Zia Ahmad OAM on his wonderful achievement and recognition as the first Muslim to receive the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to journalism , and the second member of his family to receive the nation’s highest civilian honour. Zia Ahmad is the editor-in-chief of the Australasian Muslim Times , AMUST, the country’s leading independent Muslim newspaper and news portal, founded with his father in 1991. He is a valued member of The Humanism Project, a progressive South-Asian collective that advocates for social justice in Australia. In this freewheeling interview, he traces his remarkable journey as a child from Kashmir, in India, to Sydney in Australia , the life lessons from his father as they built a new life here, and the guiding principles that have shaped his worldview, passions and humanity. Watch, listen, subscribe. nriaffairs.com