We Do Not Shed Our Skin: Why All Politics are Identity Politics - Golriz Ghahraman

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First published in The SpinOff* A "must" read for all concerned about human justice and true equality. --ACW.

In this edited version of her speech at the Hamilton Press Club last Friday, Green MP Golriz Ghahraman recounts her journey from a childhood in Iran to becoming the first refugee elected to the NZ parliament, and why identity is at the heart of democracy.


Being a Middle Eastern woman is a strangely over-burdened birthright, especially at this moment in global catastrophes. And especially to me, suddenly a politician.