The last time Saeed Maasarwe was in Australia, it was to . Speaking to crowds who had gathered to mourn the international student's murder in Melbourne, he called for "more peace, more safety, more beauty, more smil[ing] and more forgiv[ing]".
Almost a year later, the Palestinian-Israeli citizen has returned to Melbourne to spread the message of peace in his daughter's memory.
The will provide financial support to Palestinian doctors working and training in Israel and will be administered through Program Rozana, an Australian initiative aimed at improving healthcare in Gaza and the West Bank.
Aiia Maasarwe was killed in January while studying abroad in Melbourne. Source: Supplied
Launching the fellowship in Melbourne on Sunday, Mr Maasarwe said he wished his daughter would be remembered for her positivity, not what happened to her.
"We cannot forget Aiia ... she was inquisitive, she was good for everyone," he said.
"I wish all the people can just remember Aiia for the good things and the positives and to look every day in the light, not in the dark things."
In an article published in the Saturday Paper this weekend, Mr Maasarwe wrote of how Aiia had hoped to see peace in her homeland.
"My beautiful daughter had many plans in her life, many dreams like young people everywhere," he wrote in the article.
Saeed Maasarwe in Melbourne earlier this year. Source: AAP
"One of her dreams was to see peace between Israel and Palestine in her lifetime."
Ms Maasarwe's older sister, Noor, said they had both dreamed of bringing to people together from across the world.
"That is one of the reasons we managed to study different languages," she said.
Of the trip to Melbourne, she said she had "mixed feelings" because she and her father had been planning to visit her younger sister five days after she was killed.
"We were looking forward to that, we were counting down the days, we were looking for places to see in Melbourne and now I have to go see them on my own," she said.
"She was a very special person ... I don't want her to be remembered as the victim of this crime."
The inaugural fellowship, described in the article as "Aiia's dream", was awarded to paediatrician Khadra Hasan Salami. With the fellowship's support, Dr Salami will undergo a two-year bone marrow transplantation training program at Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem.
The horror is not yet over
Mr Maasarwe and his eldest daughter are also in Australia for the sentencing hearing of his daughter's killer.
The international student, whose name has previously been reported as the alternative spelling Aya, was , from the Melbourne CBD, on 15 January.
Codey Herrman, 21, over the head, sexually assaulting her and setting her on fire near where she alighted the tram.
Her body was found the next morning, on 16 January, by a passerby on their way to work.
Victorian Labor MP Jacinta Allan said the state government has been working closely with the family to support them through "a really difficult and awful time for them".
Herrman is due to be sentenced on Tuesday.
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