Mehreen faruqi biography template
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- Bib ID:
- 8596958
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Faruqi, Mehreen, 1963-, author
- Description:
- Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2021
- ©2021
- xii, 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781760878184 (paperback)
- 1760878189
- Summary:
Too Migrant, Too Muslim, Too Loud is a no-holds-barred memoir and manifesto from outspoken senator, trouble-maker and multicultural icon Mehreen Faruqi. As the first Muslim woman in any Australian parliament, Mehreen has a unique and crucial perspective on our politics and democracy. It is a tale of a political outsider fighting for her right and the rights of others like her to be let inside on their terms. From her beginnings in Pakistan and remaking in Australia, Mehreen recounts her struggle to navigate two vastly different, changing worlds without losing herself. This moving and inspiring memoir shares shattering insights learned as a migrant, an engineer, an activist, a feminist and a politician.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-276) and index.
- Subject:
- Genre/Form:
- Autobiographies
- Copyright:
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Mehreen Faruqi
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Meet Australia's first female Muslim Senator - Dr Mehreen Faruqi
Q&A with Dr Mehreen Faruqi (Translated from Urdu Interview)
Q - On 19 June 2013, you became the first Muslim woman to become a Member of New South Wales Legislative Council. It has been five years now, what do you think you have achieved in this role?
Mehreen Faruqi – I was born and bred in Pakistan and never dreamt that in 2013 I will be the Member of Parliament in New South Wales. I think joining the Greens party is very important in my life. I joined the Greens Party in 2004, when I lived in Port Macquarie. I joined the Greens because of their strong stand on justice for refugees and asylum seekers, on multiculturalism and of course environmental protection.
I am a civil and environmental engineer and have worked on climate change and environmental protection. These are some of the issues and other things that I have pushed through Parliament and in communities.
There is so much you can do in five years in New South Wales and that is what I have tried to do.
I have various portfolios of Greens NSW including Transport, Environment, Animal Welfare, Women’s rights, Drug reform policy, Young people. I did various things in all these portfolios.
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