TY - BOOK AU - Faruqi,Mehreen TI - Too migrant, too Muslim, too loud: a memoir SN - 9781760878184 U1 - 324.2092 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Crows Nest, NSW PB - Allen & Unwin KW - Faruqi, Mehreen. KW - Faruqi, Mehreen, KW - Green Party (Australia) KW - Emigration and immigration KW - fast KW - Immigrants KW - Muslim politicians KW - Muslim women KW - Politicians KW - Politics and government KW - Women politicians KW - Australia KW - Biography KW - Pakistanis KW - Environmental engineers KW - Pakistan KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Australian KW - UK & IRL literature KW - Biographies KW - Autobiographies KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-276) and index N2 - 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 ER -