I’m thrilled to share my interview with ABC’s Soul Search podcast. I had such a lovely chat with Mariam Chehab, titled Skin-on-skin — birth, spirituality and parenthood. Mariam reached out to me after reading my SBS Voices article, I am a ‘milk mother’ to my nephew. I miss my milk son, his brother, and all of my nephews and nieces who are all abroad. I wish I had some magical portal through across the continents, and arrange playdates with all of them and my children!
Even though SBS Voices is no more, I’m so grateful for the stories I got to share through them over the past few years. I even had the joy of meeting Candice Chung in person in KL recently! *fangirl squealing*
Here’s to new writerly beginnings, elsewhere.
Published by Raidah Shah Idil
Raidah Shah Idil is a student counsellor, poet, writer, and creative instructor with a passion for YA (young adult), fantasy, sci-fi and detective fiction. She was born in Singapore and moved to Australia at the age of 12. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (English) and Bachelor of Science (Psychology) from the University of New South Wales in 2005.
After working as a marketing copywriter and studying the Islamic Sciences in Amman, Jordan for nearly two years, she returned to Sydney, got married, then moved to Malaysia. While working as a part-time tutor at Axiom Learning, she works as an online counsellor for Seekershub Global. She has completed her Diploma of Counselling through the Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors. Her full-time job is raising her baby daughter. Everything else is squeezed in between. Literally. Her writing has been published in The Feminist Wire, SISTERS magazine, Daily Life, Lip Mag and Venture Beat. Raidah’s poetry was recently published in the ‘Armed With Only Our Souls’ online DDFS chapbook by New York poet Caits Meissner. Her debut double-featured novel, “Finding Jamilah and the Story of Yusuf” was published by MyLegacy publications in early 2014.
In her spare time (ha), she reads, listens to audiobooks, goes on walks, and is always on the lookout for tasty noodle soup. She currently lives in a green, leafy suburb in Kuala Lumpur with her husband, three small children and mother-in-law.
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Raidah dear Alhamdullilah was good to read. Used to be common during my grandmother times Gd to revive. But then ppl now bz …
ooh I didn’t know that…thanks Mak!