Category Archives: Bohras

Hasnain Vali Karimi, a Dawoodi Bohra community member residing in Sydney, Australia, was crowned Mr Australia 2020 and Mr NSW 2020 by the International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB). Hasnain won 4 Gold medals and 2 Silver medals in the bodybuilding competition organised by the (IFBB) on the 1st of November. His win was acknowledged by…

Maryam Kathawala (née Kapasi) is a former postgraduate student at Murdoch University in Perth, WA. Beginning in 2019, she pursued an MBA specialising in People Management and enrolled in the university’s Embedded Learning and Study (ELAS) program, a peer-to-peer initiative designed to support international students in their academic transition. Her efforts in the program were…

Ummesalama Kanthawala from Auckland, New Zealand is currently studying science at the University of Otago and has a passion for community service. She is also an aspiring entrepreneur and believes that every human being has the capacity to empower themselves through determination and hard work. In this piece, she talks about her experience being a…