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No Gangsters in Paradise

Written by: Mahmood Fazal
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  • Please note: This series contains mature themes and listener discretion is advised.

    At the turn of the millennium, Western Sydney was a terrifying gangland. At the heart of the frenzy was the Darwiche-Razzak family conflict – a Romeo-and-Juliet style tragedy complicated by honour codes, politics and drive-by shootings. Journalist Mahmood Fazal draws on his own experiences as a gang member to tell the inside story of Sydney's Lebanese gang wars, to pinpoint why young Muslims just like him commit their lives to violence.

    Fazal delves into the city's cultural divide, the special police task force that dealt with the conflict, and what life is really like behind bars. Tough questions emerge from the investigation: Why did these young people re-enact in Australia the experience of a Middle-Eastern war they never knew and which their parents hoped to leave behind? What role did prejudice play in the police's response to the conflict? And how did Eddie Darwiche get his hands on ten rocket launchers?

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: The Western Suburbs

    Ep. 1: The Western Suburbs
    Oct 13 2019

    Following a detailed account of a brutal daylight execution outside a Turkish fast food restaurant, we trace the beginnings of the drug trade in the Western suburbs, as it evolved with the maligned caricature of the Western Sydney Muslim stereotype.
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    25 mins
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  • Ep. 2: Kneecapping

    Ep. 2: Kneecapping
    Oct 13 2019

    A dispute over drug territory between two Lebanese crime families spirals into a series of tit for tat shootings that seek to preserve the honour of each family.
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    39 mins
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  • Ep. 3: Sharia Law

    Ep. 3: Sharia Law
    Oct 13 2019

    Islamophobia and the cultural divide creates an insular community within the western suburbs. The political climate of the era has a huge influence on everyone’s relationships, choices and the harsh repercussions that comes with them.
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    30 mins
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insightful

Fascinating and sobering, a window into a world you never knew existed. Would definitely recommend

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should be a necessary listen to in all high school

good and honest perspective.from the other side.healing comes with learning. who,why what and where.basics for us all.

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