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Five Egyptian Pounds The story of George Said

Five Egyptian Pounds The story of George Said

Helen Said
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1956:Arab revolutionaries have nationalized the Suez Canal, the British have destroyed Almaza air base, and the Greek-Maltese Said family, British Subjects, are under house arrest. George Said, his wife Maroula and baby daughter Tassie are given ten days to leave the country. They arrive at Heathrow Airport with two suitcases do clothes and five worthless Egyptian pounds. As penniless refugees in icy London, the Saids descended into a nightmare of poverty and dislocation, during which George joined the British trade union movement and honed his skills as a passionate advocate for change. Migrating to Australia, the Saids settled in the Western suburbs of Melbourne at the height of the White Australia era, where George built a reputation as a fiery advocate for multiculturalism. He became Footscray's Community Development Officer during the Whitlam era, and later worked as an Ethnic Relations Consultant, overturning decades of racial animosity in industry and winning a coveted Churchill Fellowship to study Equal Opportunities abroad. Now 82 years old, George is a life member of the Hobsons a Bay Greek Orthodox Community. In 2014 he was chosen as Hibsons a Bay Cituzen of the Year.
Language
English
Pages
324
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 2015
ISBN 13
9780992435875

Five Egyptian Pounds The story of George Said

Helen Said
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
1956:Arab revolutionaries have nationalized the Suez Canal, the British have destroyed Almaza air base, and the Greek-Maltese Said family, British Subjects, are under house arrest. George Said, his wife Maroula and baby daughter Tassie are given ten days to leave the country. They arrive at Heathrow Airport with two suitcases do clothes and five worthless Egyptian pounds. As penniless refugees in icy London, the Saids descended into a nightmare of poverty and dislocation, during which George joined the British trade union movement and honed his skills as a passionate advocate for change. Migrating to Australia, the Saids settled in the Western suburbs of Melbourne at the height of the White Australia era, where George built a reputation as a fiery advocate for multiculturalism. He became Footscray's Community Development Officer during the Whitlam era, and later worked as an Ethnic Relations Consultant, overturning decades of racial animosity in industry and winning a coveted Churchill Fellowship to study Equal Opportunities abroad. Now 82 years old, George is a life member of the Hobsons a Bay Greek Orthodox Community. In 2014 he was chosen as Hibsons a Bay Cituzen of the Year.
Language
English
Pages
324
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 2015
ISBN 13
9780992435875

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