As an accomplished presenter, panelist, international speaker, best-selling author and professional of influence, Rabia Siddique is a sought after and seasoned expert media commentator.
Authoritative, reliable, concise, entertaining and relatable, this international humanitarian of note brings her insightful and unique perspective to subjects on international law, counter terrorism, equality and diversity, human rights, resilience, trauma and leadership.
Featured on prime television such as 60 minutes, Sunrise, Today Tonight and major newspapers, as well as on-line media in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, India and the United States and Asia, Rabia’s respected voice is positive and enduring.
She is a regular panelist on the Australian Broadcasting Commission’s The Drum, a guest panelist for the public broadcaster’s keenly watched Q and A and a guest on breakfast radio, national news and current affairs programs, chat shows and major podcasts.
As an invited guest columnist Rabia’s views have featured in opinion pieces in the widely circulated, The Guardian, as well as News Corp’s Whimn and respected academic publications.
Her best-selling first book, Equal Justice, attracts interest from film and television producers and her second book, A Beautiful Revolution, is currently being written.
Media inquiries contact Eve Duffy on +61 439981505
RABIA IN THE MEDIA
“Hostage negotiator inspires rural doctors”
“QIC partners with inspiring Australians to launch its ‘Personal Best’ campaign”
QIC Real Estate has today launched its Spring/Summer 22 fashion campaign, Personal Best, encouraging shoppers to celebrate the best version of themselves as they navigate the year of reinvention.
Launching across QIC’s regional and sub-regional centres in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Queensland, the Personal Best campaign is led by four inspirational Australian personalities; AFLW player Sabrina Frederick, international humanitarian lawyer Rabia Siddique, environmentalist Laura Wells and world-renowned street artist MattyBros – all genuine representations of ‘being your best self’.
“Ms Siddique told her story of trauma and triumph to gathered rural healthcare professionals, encouraging them to use their own life experiences to better serve their communities.
"When have you been on your knees? Maybe it's been in the last couple of years," she said.
"Who were the people and what are the things that held you in those moments of deep, dire need?
"They are the people and those are the things we must use as our compasses ... to continue to do what's needed to bridge divides." "
“Rabia Siddique has seen the worst of human nature — from being held hostage in Iraq to helping victims in the aftermath of the Christchurch terror attacks. Despite it all, as she tells Katherine Fleming in this weekend’s powerful cover story, she refuses to become hardened to horror, and feels blessed to spend her career advocating for people in their toughest moments. Siddique also reveals an exciting new project, alongside the #BritishMuseum.”
Insight, on SBS: Negotiators
Step inside the world of high-stakes negotiations, from hostage sieges, to climate change deals, Indigenous rights and navigating divorce. Expert negotiators explain how to resolve conflict, with personal stories of when things go right, when they go wrong and the techniques behind how to negotiate better.
Rabia recently appeared on SBS’s program, Insight, to talk about her experiences as an expert negotiator.
Rabia was recently featured on WARRIORU, a podcast run by Bram Connolly who is an ex-SAS operative. Rabia discussed the lessons she learnt while being held hostage.
Rabia recently spoke to Tim McMillian from 6PR about leading through a crisis. Check it out!
Lessons from trauma about the importance of legal service
International humanitarian lawyer and former war crimes prosecutor Rabia Siddique believes that anyone has the ability to create "ripples of change", and it was this belief that set her on a path to provide justice and equality to those who most needed it.
The extraordinary courage of humanitarian lawyer Rabia Siddique
Last week, IT service management company Gartner hosted a HR-centric conference titled 'Reimagining HR' in Sydney. Now, let me be blunt, to my mind, HR can seem a tad bland. The final speaker at the end of the program was Rabia Siddique, international humanitarian lawyer and author.
Today Tonight (Perth)
Monika Kos presents the latest news and current social issues
Standing Ovation at Inspirational Legacy Lunch in Wollongong
An inspirational and powerful address drew a standing ovation for Rabia Siddique at the annual Legacy Business & Community Lunch in Wollongong on Friday. Everyone stood to their feet in respect of Ms Siddique's presentation where she was not afraid to talk about the good and bad things that have happened in her life because it might help others.
Siddique Challenges Leaders to Become Agents of Change at Conference Kickoff
Through the telling of her harrowing life story, Rabia Siddique kicked off the 103rd ICMA Annual Conference with her message of how one person has the power to create change and end suffering for many.
We have to stop normalising relentless Islamophobia in Australia | Rabia Siddique
Terrorised, persecuted, stateless, homeless, and, until recently, without real international support - this is the plight of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority community being forced out of Myanmar. At the hands of the Myanmar military, more than 80 villages have been burnt, leaving ten thousands of Rohingyas fleeing daily and attempting to cross into a flooded Bangladesh.
Who are you? Rabia Siddique
She's a feminist, a muslim, a lawyer, a former hostage in Iraq, a social justice crusader, a terrorism prosecutor, a survivor of sexual abuse and the mother of triplets. She was born in Perth to an Indian muslim father and Australian mother. She went on to qualify as a lawyer and worth with the British Army.
Jessica Strutt
Join Jessica Strutt for broad, in-depth panel discussions on a range of topical issues and news of the day.
Rabia spoke to Jessica Strutt at the ABC Perth about the lasting impacts of CVOID-19. You can hear her 10 minutes into this audio file.
The Drum Tuesday September 3
Host: Ellen Fanning Panel: Parnell McGuinness, Peter Hartcher, Rabia Siddique, Adam Carrel Guests: John Quiggin and Brian Toohey The panel discusses a parliamentary inquiry set to examine the potential for nuclear power in Australia, foreign investors' influence on Australian politics, governments and secrecy, and how old is too old to be a boss?
An Open Letter to New Zealand After The Christchurch Massacre
Dear Aotearoa, When I heard the news of the devastating terror attacks on two Mosques during Friday prayers in your beautiful Christchurch, I went cold. I was in shock for the lives that would obviously have been lost and for those who are scarred for life.
Rabia Siddique shares journey from soldier to survivor for International Women's Day
HUMAN rights lawyer Rabia Siddique describes the triumphant Hollywood-movie-style moment she helped rescue two kidnapped Special Forces soldiers in Iraq as "just about the time the credits would roll". "Instead, it ended up heralding what would unexpectedly be one of the biggest battles of my life," Ms Siddique said.
Military lawyer Rabia Siddique on rescuing kidnapped soldiers in Iraq
Rabia Siddique helped free two British SAS soldiers after they were kidnapped in Iraq. Broadcast date: Wednesday 9 October Perth-born Rabia became a military lawyer with the British Army and was then deployed to Iraq. In 2005 Rabia was sent on a mission to negotiate the release of two SAS soldiers.
Iron Lady
The striking brunette with the piercing blue eyes has an AK-47 aimed at her forehead. Crowded around her in a stifling, tomb-like room are about 30 swarthy, bearded men, most of whom are jeering "whore" and "traitor" in Arabic, while tossing up whether to shoot her and her three male associates on the spot, or to spirit them away in their white "death" car to the dusty edge of town.
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