HANA: The Audacity to be Free – Hana Assafiri in conversation

Join Hana Assafiri, the radical entrepreneur behind the iconic Moroccan Soup Bar as she discusses her memoir, HANA: The Audacity to be Free.

Hana Assafiri is a much loved and revered social activist and radical entrepreneur. Through the medium of food and dining in her now-renowned Moroccan Soup Bar, Hana has worked tirelessly to rectify the systemic and social barriers to women's empowerment.

Hana's memoir follows her childhood between Lebanon and Australia, her forced arranged marriage, her numerous attempts to escape, and her ensuing career in women's services. In 1998, she opened the Moroccan Soup Bar, which would quickly become an iconic Melbourne institution-founded on the radical notion that marginalised women, together in the kitchen, can effect social change.

Hana will be in conversation with Maria Dimopoulos, AM.

Host or Publisher Merri-bek Libraries