Mohammed Alanezi, who arrived in Australia by sea in 2013 and spent a decade on a temporary visa, has used art as a means to challenge negative perceptions of refugees. Via SBSArabic24
He spent 10 years living with uncertainty on a Temporary Protection Visa .Mohammed Alanezi said he couldn't sleep the night he heard the news of the federal government’s decision to grant permanent residency to those who had come to Australia by sea.meant that around 19,000 refugees who arrived in Australia before Operation Sovereign Borders started in 2013 would be eligible to transition to a permanent Resolution of Status visa.
He had used his time instead on artistic endeavours including a role in the 2017 Australian romantic comedy "Ali's Wedding" and a joint credit on a short film entitled "The Suffering of an Asylum Seeker". He said participating in this film and other art exhibitions had been "an outlet to overcome the difficulties and psychological pressures during the past 10 years."
He said living day-to-day on a TPV had been difficult and the money he had received from CentreLink was "small". to buy a car or even a mobile phone plan, or to rent a place to set up a photography studio because of the TPV restrictions.He said one of the most difficult aspects of being a refugee in Australia had been the "negative view" and "stereotypes" held by some people which he said he had worked to change through film.
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