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Mohammed El-leissy
Personal details
Born1985 (age 38–39)
RMIT University
OccupationCommunity worker
ProfessionPolitician

Mohammed El-leissy (born 1985) is an

Amazing Race Australia
in 2011.

Early life

El-leissy’s parents came to Australia in the 1960s.

Youth Work
.

Career

Radio and television

El-leissy has spoken extensively around issues of multiculturalism and community issues in Australia. He has appeared on

ABC1. Along with having written for the Herald Sun and ABC’s Drum
.

From 2005-2010, El-leissy hosted a variety of community radio programs on both

Student Youth Network and 3CR. He was also a board member of the Community Radio Foundation.[4] He also hosts Kalam TV.[5]

In April 2011, 12 months after his pre-selection and only one month before the election, he withdrew from contesting the November 27 State Election.

Amazing Race Australia, Seven’s local adaptation of the long-running US series on Channel Seven He appeared with his friend Mostafa Haroun (Mos), who works part-time in the gift shop at Melbourne Zoo.[7] They were eliminated after 2 weeks.[8][9][10][11]

From June to August 2010, El-leissy’s television show, Kalam TV, was launched on

Channel 31, a 13-episode series challenging Australian perceptions of the Arab world through an entertaining mixture of variety and comedy.[2]

Mohammed ‘Mo’ El-leissy
Medium
Islamic humour

Stand-up

In 2007, El-leissy became a state-finalist in the

Raw Comedy Award competition and went on later that year to perform in the ‘Fear of a Brown Planet’ show.[12][4] In 2008, he performed in ‘Who is Abdul Smith’ at Melbourne Fringe Festival.[13]

In April 2009, he performed Greens fundraising comedy act entitled ‘Mo the Plumber.’ with Rucker Ward’s Greens Councillor at the time Trent McCarthy.[14] In 2011, he performed his comedy show entitled ‘World Mix Tape’. He performed both shows at the Melbourne Fringe Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[12]

In late 2012, he performed at

Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia.[12]

Politics

In 2008, El-leissy was the Australian Greens candidate in the Darebin Council elections.[15][16]

In October 2012, El-leissy stood in the Moreland Council election for North East Ward.[17]

Other roles

Since 2006, El-leissy has been a multicultural youth worker.[3]

He currently works in the community sector and sits on the National Leaders Group for the White Ribbon Foundation as well as the Victorian Multicultural Commission's Regional Advisory Council for

North West Metro.[12]

From 2007 to 2009, he was a member of the Victorian Premier’s Multifaith Multicultural Youth Network and was a participant of the Governor's Roundtable into Multicultural Policy. In 2009 he was a speaker at the International Parliament of World Religions. In 2007 to 2008, he was also a board member of EastWeb, an organisation helping to provide small grants to disadvantaged community organisations.

In 2008, he visited Indonesia as a participant of DFAT’s Australia-Indonesia Muslim exchange program.[5] In 2011, he was invited at the request of the State Department to visit the United States as part of the International Visitors Leadership Program and toured seven cities meeting political, community and religious leaders.[4]

Personal life

In 2010, El-leissy visited Egypt, the country of his descent, for the first time.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Mckay, Kristoffer (2010). "Q & A with Mohammed El-Leissy, Special Projects & Community Outreach leader for the Islamic Council of Victoria". Melbourne: Australian Institute of International Affairs. Retrieved 1 April 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b Saeed, Saeed (13 June 2010). "Arabic world on show". Sydney: The Sydney Morning Herald]. Retrieved 1 April 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ a b "Mo & Mos - Amazing Race". Wiki. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Mohammed El-leissy". about.me. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Mohammed El-leissy". Multicultural Media Exchange. Retrieved 1 April 2013. Mohammed El- leissy Cite error: The named reference "mme" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  6. Preston Leader. Retrieved 1 April 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help
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  7. ^ "Observant Muslims Win Australian Hearts in "Amazing Race" Reality Show". Ahlul Bayt News Agency. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Elleissy, Mohammed (27 June 2011). "Australians are an "amazing" race". Melbourne: Herald Sun. Retrieved 1 April 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Quinn, Karl (1 June 2011). "Mo and Mos race in slow-mo". Melbourne: The Age. Retrieved 1 April 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ Bailey, John (25 May 2012). "Television's harsh reality". Sydney: The Sydney Morning Herald]. Retrieved 1 April 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ Leslie, Liz (16 May 2011). "Muslim Team Australia Amazing Race Contestants". Muslim Voices. Retrieved 1 April 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ a b c d "Mohammed El-leissy - The Drum Opinion". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  13. ^ "Who Is Abdul Smith?". Melbourne Fringe. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  14. ^ "Mo the Plumber: Up-to-the-Minute Political Satire!". Never an Idol Moment. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  15. ^ "NORTH-EAST WARD CANDIDATE: Mohammed El-leissy". Melbourne: Moreland Leader. October, 1 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ Crowley, Caitlin (April 9, 2009). "Mo the Plumber – A Tale of Two Leaks". Melbourne: Australian Comedy Review. Retrieved 1 April 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ "Moreland Council election 2012 North East Ward Questionnaire on sustainability and environment for candidates". Sustainable Fawkner. October, 14 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

See also

  • Islamic humour
  • Egyptian Australian

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