Ruby Hamad

About The Author

Ruby Hamad is a journalist, author and academic who was born in Lebanon and raised in Australia. Hamad was a regular columnist at Fairfax Media and her work has also appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times, Prospect magazine, Crikey, Meanjin, The New Arab and more. She has contributed chapters to Arab, Australian, Other (2019), Family: Stories of Belonging (2023), and the academic anthology Feminists Talk Whiteness (2024). Hamad holds a PhD in media studies from the University of New South Wales and currently teaches journalism and media production.

Books by Ruby Hamad

White Tears/Brown Scar
By Ruby Hamad

When white people cry foul it is often people of colour who suffer. White tears have a potency that silences racial minorities. White Tears/Brown Scars blows open the inconvenient truth that when it comes to race, white entitlement is too often masked by victimhood. Never is this more obvious ...

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