Unity and diversity festival

Melinda McMillan
Updated June 26 2017 - 3:57pm, first published June 21 2017 - 2:02pm
CELEBRATE: Aysha Sido, 9, who arrived in Australia from Syria 12 months ago will perform at the Unity and Diversity Festival in July.
CELEBRATE: Aysha Sido, 9, who arrived in Australia from Syria 12 months ago will perform at the Unity and Diversity Festival in July.

AUSTRALIA is “beautiful” according to Aysha Sido. The 9-year-old arrived in Newcastle 12 months ago, after the Federal Government responded to the Syrian crisis by increasing its humanitarian program to allow 8000 Syrians to resettle in Australia. 

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