Ali El Kheir is a busy man. Between running his popular cafe, managing his wrestling gym down the road and keeping up with his family, he barely has a moment to himself. As he swings between grinding, extracting and pouring the coffees for his customers at Morning Owl, he says his life hasn’t got better or worse since the last election – just busier.
His gym (Sydney Wrestling Academy) and cafe are in Regents Park, a small slice of suburban and industrial western Sydney, and he is entirely dedicated to their success.