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1 Down and Out for Down Under : Critiquing Race and Representation in Abe Forsythe's Satire Mehal Krayem , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , Summer vol. 191 no. 2017; (p. 14-19) The Cronulla Riots were a dark episode in Australia's recent history, revealing the festering antagonism between Sydney's white and Middle Eastern populations, and reflecting the ongoing tensions of life in a multicultural society. Abe Forsythe's Down Under satirises this event, creating comedy from the capers of two carloads of misguided young men. But with Australia still plagued by conflicts and inequalities rooted in race and ethnicity, argues Mehal Krayem, this film's subject matter really is no laughing matter.
1 String it Lucky : Arab Representation, Whiteness and Here Come the Habibs Mehal Krayem , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , Winter vol. 189 no. 2016; (p. 58-62) In this fish-out-of-water comedy by the Nine Network, A Lebanese-Australian family wins the lottery and moves into the one of the country's most affluent – and whitest – suburbs. While its humour does somewhat rely on stereotype, the series also interrogates class structures and Anglo hegemony; is this our cue, asks Mehal Krayem, to announce 'here comes a more diverse Australian on screen?'
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