Australia’s First Muslim Female MP Lifts Lid on Discrimination, Racism
The first Muslim woman elected to Australia’s federal parliament has spoken of how racism and domestic violence has shaped her career. Egypt-born Anne Aly has released an autobiography “Finding My Place,”which details religious bigotry she suffered at school and violence at the hands of her first husband.
From Cairo to the Australian capital Canberra, “Finding My Place” is the story of abuse, desperation and success. Anne Aly came to Australia from Egypt when she was two years old. She details how she was bullied by fellow students at school because of her Arabic heritage and how she was subjected to abuse and violence by a former husband.
Aly, who is 50-years old, went on to forge a successful career as an academic. She became one of the world’s leading experts on counter-terrorism and was an adviser to the United Nations.
The first Muslim woman elected to Australia’s federal parliament has spoken of how racism and domestic violence has shaped her career. Egypt-born Anne Aly has released an autobiography “Finding My Place,”which details religious bigotry she suffered at school and violence at the hands of her first husband. From Cairo to the Australian capital Canberra, “Finding My Place” is the story of abuse, desperation and success. Anne Aly came to Australia from Egypt when she was two years old. She details how she was bullied by fellow students at school because of her Arabic heritage and how she was subjected to abuse and violence by a former husband. Aly, who is 50-years old, went on to forge a successful career as an academic. She became one of the world’s leading experts on counter-terrorism and was an adviser to the United Nations. Aly, who is 50-years old, went on to forge a successful career as an academic. She became one of the world’s leading experts on counter-terrorism and was an adviser to the United Nations.