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  • Published 20140805
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  • Extent: 264 pp
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Shortlisted, 2014 Human Rights Award, Print and Online Award

MY INTERVIEW WITH Mr Syed did not get off to a great start. We’d arranged to meet at the Dandenong library – part of the city council building, a huge, bright orange edifice in the redeveloped heart of Dandenong in Melbourne’s southeast.

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