#48 Taher Shaikh Mohammed | Living the Australian Dream in Lakemba... Islam, Immigration & Business

Taher and I met sat outside a pop-up Bangladeshi restaurant in the middle of Lakemba, a suburb of Western Sydney famed as a stronghold of foreign immigration.

That evening I was coming back from uni and couldn't help but take note of the fact that in two hours of eating and wandering these streets, I had not crossed paths with a single other person who looked like me (white, blond, blue-eyed)

Quite chuffed that I had found a place I could drive quite easily to a place with such strong foreign culture on display, Lakemba instantly became one of my favourite places to visit. Some Sydney traffic is still a lot easier than long-haul plane travel after all!!

However, I am well aware that many Australians don't see things quite the same way and I was keen to explore the world of a local business and community man to see what I could learn and discover about the plight of Lakembans and the millions living similar lives in my country and around the world.

Thanks again Taher for your time and authenticity!!

Enjoy:) 

Chapters

• 0:00 Coming to Australia
• 4:43 New in Aus Perspectives
• 11:30 Business Chat (Workers)
• 22:17 Immigration
• 29:23 Multiculturalism
• 38:53 Islam
• 41:23 Socio-Economics
• 46:23 Business
• 58:50 Cultural Morality