Words
Teh Cha
An online publication by PoC for PoC
In 2021 Nelya and alongside her good friend Haneen Martin launched an online publication by the name of Teh Cha -
Teh Cha has been co-founded between friends across the unceded lands in Kaurna (Adelaide), and Garramilla (Darwin).
We created this platform to share the voices of First Nations, Black and PoC people. We wanted to create an online space that is a source of joy and pride for our extended communities, and where people don’t need to explain themselves.
These topics have usually remained between cups of tea in living rooms, cafes or laying beside a sofreh. Pop culture left out of the mainstream, unfiltered stories of resilience, sweet contemplations and theories rooted in our diasporic experience.
We have garnered funding and opportunities across Australia to shine on talented writers from marginalised backgrounds.
To keep up to date with our work visit our website,
Just Because
Questions about Beliefs - A Zine published in Berlin (2017)
Malaysian campus cats - captured by Nelya Valamanesh
Poetry
Written by Nelya Valamanesh, during her placement at the International Islamic University of Malaysia through the New Colombo Initiative
Written by Nelya Valamanesh, during her placement at the International Islamic University of Malaysia through the New Colombo Initiative
