
Too Migrant, Too Muslim, Too Loud
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Narrated by:
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Mehreen Faruqi
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By:
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Mehreen Faruqi
About this listen
A no-holds-barred memoir and outspoken manifesto from role model and modern Australian hero Senator Mehreen Faruqi.
This book is a memoir and a manifesto. It is about a life lived challenging dominant mindsets, bucking the trend and pushing boundaries, in Pakistan where I grew up, and in Australia where I migrated with my husband, one-year-old son and two suitcases to make a new life three decades ago.
As the first Muslim woman in any Australian parliament, the 100th woman in the senate and the only engineer in the senate, Mehreen has a unique and crucial perspective on our country and how things are changing for the better or worse.
This is the story of a Brown, migrant Muslim woman breaking into a white man's world and striving to change it without being changed. It is an honest, no-holds-barred account of what happens when reality meets perception and when you shatter long-held stereotypes and confront a system steeped in privileged hierarchies, racism and sexism. It is the 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. The insights gathered through life in two culturally differed continents, as an engineer, a migrant and politician inform her way forward and hope for the future on the climate crisis, gender, racial and social equity.
©2021 Mehreen Faruqi (P)2021 W F HowesA must-listen (or read) for all Australians
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get ready to have your world rocked
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There’s no fence sitting in this book, no attempt to sugar coat experiences of racism, no toned down observations of corruption and misogyny in politics, and no skimming the surface when speaking about the mistreatment of animals and the environment for the corporate dime.
A migrant Muslim who happens to be an academic, engineer, climate activist, environmentalist, feminist, LGBQTI ally, a senator, a family oriented mum who speaks with gratitude and respect about her family & friends, I’d say she’s quite remarkable.
Absolutely enjoyed this memoir. Provocative, honest and relatable.
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This is engaging story of establishing life in Australia as a Muslim woman of colour with strong convictions and an unwillingness to compromise on injustices.
The challenges, the heart aches, and triumphs of a trail blazing journey into an unforgiving political world.
Australia is lucky to have her.
I hope politicians are reading this and taking notes
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A thought provoking must read/listen
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