Too migrant, too Muslim, too loud : a memoir / Mehreen Faruqi.
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TextPublisher: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: xii, 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781760878184; 1760878189Subject(s): Faruqi, Mehreen, 1963- | Green Party (Australia) | Immigrants -- Australia -- Biography | Emigration and immigration -- Australia -- Biography | Muslim politicians -- Australia -- Biography | Women politicians -- Australia -- Biography | Politicians -- Australia -- Biography | Pakistanis -- Australia -- Biography | Environmental engineers -- Australia -- Biography | Muslim women -- Australia -- Biography | Australia -- Politics and government | Pakistan -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Autobiographies. DDC classification: 324.2092 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-276) and index.
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.
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