Faisal HalabiFaisal Halabi

Faisal Halabi is a commercial lawyer based in Auckland, originally hailing from Baghdad, Iraq. His interests include political analysis and early 2000s R&B.

What it means to be a Muslim New Zealander in 2019

by

Faisal Halabi – an Arab, a Muslim, and a New Zealander – reckons with what all those identities mean for him.  I’m sitting in my London flat, thinking about the distance between myself and New Zealand. It’s just over 18,000km. I’m also thinking about the distances between the different identities I’ve balanced growing up in New Zealand: … Read more

Through the eras: assessing the diversity of our parliamentary cabinets

by

If parliament is a house of representatives, how representative has its most powerful members been? Lawyer Faisal Halabi crunches the numbers. The cabinet is a key mechanism through which the governing by our elected representatives is done. It’s the highest point of the executive arm of government where discussions and decisions are made on issues … Read more