New to Australia

My life in Australia

Islam requires all Muslims to eat halal food. (Halal means allowed) .There are rules about how animals should be slaughtered.
When I came to Australia I found it hard when I went shopping. I had to look for halal food and halal enzymes, for example when buying meat, chicken, sweets, cakes, cheese and yoghurt.
Over the years there were more and more Muslims in Australia. So they started importing and producing halal food. Now we can find our food easily in the markets.
When the plane landed at Perth airport my heart was knocking and I was scared. What would I see behind the airport’s door?
I saw different things in Australia: the season was winter but in my former country it was summer. I found different buildings and different houses from my original country. I saw different shops in Australia, like in one big building I found food, clothes, electricity, bakeries and jewellery shops but in my former country there are small shops instead.
I like living in Australia because there is a good education for my children’s future and a safe country.
My name is Amina. I came from Iraq in 1999. When I finished my 510 hours learning English. I started a new course to be a teacher assistant at Tafe. During my practical I found it hard because people didn’t always understand my English. At the administration office at Tafe I found a brochure about Read Write Now. I decided to contact them to improve my English. My tutor is Alison and we started working together very hard to achieve my goal.