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Prizes awarded for Islamic Quiz competition Ali Zafar The Islamic Forum for Australian Muslims, IFAM awarded the winners of the Islamic Quiz Competition at a prize distribution ceremony on Sunday 31 July 2016 at the University of NSW attended by more than 250 youth, parents, organisers and sponsors. The highly popular Islamic Quiz Competition was earlier held on Sunday 22 May at the Western Sydney University participated by almost 200 youth and children. Having run this program successfully for the last ten years in Canberra and highly appreciated by students as well as their parents, it was the first time that this unique program was organized in NSW. With the slogan “Learn & Win: every child will win a prize”, almost 200 youngsters ranging from kindy to year 10 registered for the competition. The programme started with welcome and a briefing about the Quiz competition by Zaffar Khan from IFAM.
Prize bags containing traditional and educational gifts were distributed amongst more than 120 youth and children Three winners from each category of the competition were awarded with major prizes as follows: Group D 1st prize: Abeer Kamran Umrah Ticket Group D 2nd Prize: Aishah Navaid Samsung Tablet Group D 3rd Prize: Nabiha Rajput Digital Quran Group C 1st Prize: Syed Muzammil Ahmad Dell Laptop Group C 2nd Prize: Zaina Siddiqui Kodak Underwater Camera Group C 3rd Prize: Muhammad Mehroz Khan Foldable Bike with Halmet Group B 1st Prize: Uzair Mian Dell Laptop Group B 2nd Prize: Ajwa Binte Adnan Telescope Group B 3rd Prize: Muhammad Talha Adnan Digital Pen Quran. Ali Zafar is a computer engineering graduate working in the IT Department at the University of NSW. He is associated with IFAM’s Lakemba/Bankswtown Halaqa) where he organises kids/youth engagement programs.
A/Prof Mehmet Ozalp with first prize winner Abeer Kamran.
Malek Fahd students raise Malaysian style Eid funds for Human Appeal celebration in Granville Alsou Kurlow The Human Appeal Mascot, Orphan Hamoudi together with HAI representatives were called in at The Malek Fahd Islamic School, Greenacre campus on Friday 22 July to receive funds raised by students for HAI projects. Earlier during the year the fundraising efforts for 2016 by almost 350 students from Year 1, 2 and 6 were dedicated to the children of Syria and for the building of water wells in Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. The donation cheque of $7,284 was presented during the School assembly where the dedication of the students was narrated and praised. The students were very excited with the surprise visit by Orphan Hamoudi and played with him for hours. MFIS in Hoxton Park held a Pre-Ramadan charity fundraiser which consisted of an auction in which students, staff and parents contributed funds to raise money to construct water wells in the three countries. School students performed songs for par-
ents and watched a short video of Human Appeal’s humanitarian work overseas. “It was a unique event in the history of MFIS at Hoxton Park and it received a very warm reception from the school community,” Mona Kassem, School principal at the campus commented. “This event helped to reinforce to students the importance of charity in the holy month of Ramadan”, she added. Omar Al-Jamal, Public Relations Manager spoke on behalf of Human Appeal International Australia at the event. He reminded students to be grateful for all that they had done and praised the students for their work in making the events possible. He also explained how the money raised would be used and how the school’s name will be shown on the water well plaque overseas. The staff members and school principals expressed their appreciation for the assistance provided by Human Appeal in helping the school achieve its goal of helping people in less fortunate countries. Although Human Appeal is mainly focussed on fighting poverty and providing relief aid around the world, it is also actively and consistently involved within the local community and schools through the newly established Community Care division.
Human Appeal Mascot Orphan Hamoudi with Malek Fahd student.
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Farah Cassendra Jamaludin The Malaysian Ladies of South West organised an Eid Community Luncheon on Sunday 24 July at Granville Youth and Community Recreation Centre with a diverse Malaysian flavour and celebrations, a first of its kind in Sydney. The event was attended by more than 250 guests of diverse background including Malaysians, Indonesian, Bruneians, Pakistanis, Indians, Bangladeshis, Philippinos to name a few. The shows presented at the event showcased what makes Malaysian a multicultural society. The opening was a welcoming Eid song from all the organisers- Ruby Hamid, Rohana Barrington, Ajiah Atan, Arwina Mohd Najib, Juliana Jamal, Sue Zaleha Sidek and the author Farah Cassendra Jamaludin. There was the fan dance (represents the Chinese), the Bollywood dances (represents the Indian), the Tarian Kuda Hitam (Represents the Malay) and to finished off the auspicious Eid, we had the GISB Group performing Nasheed (religious based praised and worship). Amongst our esteemed guest, Mrs Mehar Ahmad, President, SEENA Incorporated, publishers of the Australasian Muslim Times who introduced the highly successful Multicultural Eid Festival & Fair (MEFF) in its 33 year of celebrations.
There were Malaysian Eid traditional dishes from lemang (glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk and then stuffed into a bamboo to cook), Beef Rendang, Chicken Curry, Nasi Impit (compressed rice) serves with Kuah Kacang (Peanut sauce), Lontong (Vegetarian cooked in coconut sauce) or Satay, Nasi Minyak (Ghee Rice), Ayam Masak Merah (Chicken cooked in spicy red sauce), Chicken soup and mixed vegetables. The dessert was the traditional sweets and savouries from Curry Puff, Kuih Jala (net like pancake served with chicken and vegetable curry), Kuih Lapis (layered pudding like texture sweets) fruit salad, Kuih Kaswi (palm sugar and coconut like pudding) and many more including Kuih Raya (Eid biscuits). With such successful attendance and shows, it was truly a multicultural Eid affair, the Malaysian way. Kudos to the dedicated and committed organising ladies, the great performers and outstanding effort of the kitchen crews to which without them, the event would not have been possible. Inshallah, we will be back next year for the next Eid Community Luncheon. So stay tuned. Farah Cassendra Jamaludin, based in Sydney is the Secretary of IFSA. She holds a Bachelor of Law (Hons) degree from UK and had a successful career in various industries covering Customer Service, Call Centre, Sales and Marketing, Banking, Human Resources, Case Management and finally as a Corporate Trainer/Facilitator prior to joining IFSA.
Malaysian Eid Luncheon committee and team.
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