Faisal Halabi

Guest writer

Faisal Halabi is a commercial lawyer based in Auckland, originally hailing from Baghdad, Iraq. His interests include political analysis and early 2000s R&B.

Muslims attend a vigil at the East London Mosque for the victims of the New Zealand mosque attacks (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

What it means to be a Muslim New Zealander in 2019

Faisal Halabi – an Arab, a Muslim, and a New Zealander – reckons with what all those identities mean for him.

By Faisal Halabi | 17th March, 2019

Prime Minister Bill English and deputy Paula Bennett (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

Through the eras: assessing the diversity of our parliamentary cabinets

If parliament is a house of representatives, how representative has its most powerful members been? Lawyer Faisal Halabi crunches the numbers.

By Faisal Halabi | 6th October, 2017