Opinion Wrting
Client: The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, SBS Voices | 2020-present
Abbir Dib is an opinion writer whose work blends personal narrative with cultural and social commentary. Her essays have been published in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, SBS Voices and Refinery29, covering themes like beauty standards and migration. Her piece on diaspora grief and family in the Gaza crisis was highly commended at the 2025 Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards.
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Women of colour don't owe you their suffering
Why do we expect women, especially those of colour, to carry the weight of every gap in news coverage? Especially when we’re targeted for doing so? We’re punished either way, for reporting on issues that affect our communities, or for creating content that brings us joy.
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Authorised officers have a special way of making you feel like you’ve committed a crime worthy of jail time, even when you haven’t, or genuinely haven’t meant to.
Refinery29
TikTok’s ‘Ski Slope Nose’ Trend Makes Me Want A Second Nose Job
This essay on beauty standards and nose surgery originally appeared in Refinery29 and Abbir was featured in Lucinda Price’s book "All I Ever Wanted Was to Be Hot". Abbir explores how internet culture, body image, and identity intersect, particularly for women from culturally diverse backgrounds.
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Unhappy wife, unhappy life: Does anyone actually enjoy marriage any more?
In a culture that depicts a wedding as the pinnacle of happiness and divorce as a failure, sexist memes feel like a coping mechanism for a generation facing pressure to wed. Abbir appeared on ABC Radio to dicuss this piece which topped the 'most read' chart the week it was published.
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Is ‘desk-bombing’ your co-workers rude?
SBS Voices
I get charged extra at the hairdresser for my thick,
curly hair
This article was the one of the most read articles that week and went viral on Facebook and Instagram.
My hairdresser calls out to the unbothered client who is drinking aniseed tea, “Sorry, we’ve had unforeseen delays but I’ll be with you soon. I find myself apologising for my hair to diffuse the tension.
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Every morning I check WhatsApp to make sure my Teta in Lebanon is still alive
A reflection on the emotional toll of watching crises unfold from afar, this piece was highly commended at the Melbourne Press Club Quills.
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Every morning I check WhatsApp to make sure my Teta in Lebanon is still alive
A reflection on the emotional toll of watching crises unfold from afar, this piece was highly commended at the Melbourne Press Club Quills.
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Every morning I check WhatsApp to make sure my Teta in Lebanon is still alive
A reflection on the emotional toll of watching crises unfold from afar, this piece was highly commended at the Melbourne Press Club Quills.
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
The pandemic and social media made me feel old
The obsession with having it all figured out before you’re 30 is exhausting. Like a quickening rat race where accomplishments don’t taste as sweet if you’re not a child prodigy. In an era where success, optics and youth is currency: there’s no room to be young, dumb and unaesthetic.
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
TikTok isn’t the bogeyman of journalism, but it could help save it
Every decade or so we’re told journalism is facing a reckoning. While TikTok is the current bogeyman, a clip about the rise in Australia’s minimum wage reveals how different platforms can inspire conversations and showcase quality journalism.
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Everyone and their grandma is now on the internet, but those stern privacy warnings about the dangers of the internet seem to be forgotten.
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Going to a therapist is awkward but I pushed through
Any inkling of depressive thoughts in conversation is met by a suggestion to “go see a therapist”. But there is little discussion about how confronting it can be once you get started. There are no guidelines on what to say. And that can be daunting.
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Humans are inherently fascinated by each other’s walks of life. But for those at the receiving end of these questions, there is often a lack of good manners when people converse about race.