CMSS Annual Iftar and Public Lecture by Senator Mehreen Faruqi

CMSS Annual Iftar (Breaking of the Fast) and Public Lecture

The Centre for Muslim States and Societies and UWA Public Policy Institute invite you to CMSS’s Annual Iftar (Breaking of the Fast) event to celebrate Ramadan 2023. CMSS holds this event to promote inter-religious harmony and understanding of Islam in a globalised world.

We are honoured that Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and Senator for New South Wales, will be speaking at this year’s Iftar event.

About Dr Mehreen Faruqi

Dr Mehreen Faruqi is Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and Senator for New South Wales. She is a civil and environmental engineer and a life- long activist for social, environmental and racial justice.

She became the first Muslim woman to sit in any Australian parliament when she joined the NSW Parliament in 2013. In 2018, she took her proudly feminist and anti-racist approach to Canberra when she joined the federal Senate.

Mehreen has been an unflinching voice on social, environmental and racial justice, pushing to dismantle the systems of power, privilege and patriarchy that allow these injustices to continue. She is deeply committed to improving diversity and ensuring parliaments are truly reflective of our streets and suburbs.

Mehreen’s recently published memoir and manifesto is called Too Migrant, Too Muslim, Too Loud. 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.

Mehreen holds the Education, Anti-Racism, Animal Welfare, International Aid and Global Justice portfolios for the Greens. She is deeply committed to pushing for lifelong learning, from free childcare to free TAFE and university.

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