Beyond Translation: The Native Experience Podcast · 2026-06-03 · 31 min
At five years old, Saad Khalid walked into a kindergarten in Virginia and introduced himself with As-Salaam-Alaikum. Everyone looked dazed and confused. A teaching assistant named Ms Asghari, married to a Pakistani, stepped in and taught him English on the sidelines. That one year shaped his entire direction. Now 22, a finalist for Young Australian of the Year, and the director of Australia's first Multicultural Youth Media Summit, Saad shares the story of the 2,000 Muslim camel drivers who opened up Outback Australia in the 1800s and were forgotten, why a generational change is putting young migrants at the front of multicultural storytelling, and why the word pioneer should not be reserved for settlers. This is Episode 33 of Beyond Translation: The Native Experience Podcast,
#035: Multiculturalism in Australia- Migrant and Refugee Integration with Sandra Elhelw61 / 100#034: An Exploration of Forensic Translation and Interpretation with Carl Gene Fordham#032: Brand Global, Adapt Local with Nataly Kelly#031: How Language Tech, AI, and Holoportation Are Shaping the Future with Dieter Runge#030: Creating Access & Equity- The Role of Language Services in a Multicultural Society with Leigh Cox