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Sofia Sabbagh

Sofia Sabbagh is of Irish and Palestinian descent, based on stolen Wurundjeri land. She works as an artist, illustrator and art therapist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Her most recent work involved coordinating artists to illustrate the Palestinian journalists murdered by the IDF since 7 October. Her comics have been published by the University of Melbourne, Samandal comics, Overland journal, joCAT and more.

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  1. Great work, Sofia:
    My observations are mostly to the west of Melbourne, but it seems every time I go bush I encounter more native forests clear-felled for plantations. I’m visiting the Otways now and witnessing it here. A few years back I returned to the south-west and was dismayed to discover the (unique) stretch of native forest from Portland virtually to the South Aust border turned into pine plantations.

  2. +1, yes, great work Sofia.
    Unfortunately this story is repeated in the Central Highlands (but you already knew that).
    I’ll be sure to share this.

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