The first hijab Australian senator wept while telling the story of her migration from Afghanistan
The first hijab Australian senator wept while telling the story of her migration from Afghanistan
Perth: Australia’s first hijab senator, Fatima Peyman, in her maiden speech in Parliament, wept as she spoke of coming to politics from Afghanistan to Pakistan and then to Perth and then facing racism.
According to the international news organization, in her first speech in the Parliament of Australia, Fatima Peyman said that after the first government of the Taliban came to Afghanistan, we people went to Pakistan out of fear.
Later his father came to Australia by boat and after four years of tireless work he called the family from Pakistan and then we all started living together again but the suffering did not subside here.
The female senator added that the father faced discrimination in Australia, was paid very low wages and had job insecurity. I also faced problems in Australia. It was all very uncertain. I thought Australia would be free from apartheid.
27-year-old Fatima Peyman said that the first time I felt a stranger in Australia was when one of my fellow students at the university made fun of the hijab and kept hearing that go back to where you came from.
Fatima Peyman, who was elected senator in June, said that on this occasion I did not give up and became a part of the political struggle. Meanwhile, my father died of cancer at the age of just 47 and my mother was grieving all the time.
Senator Fatima Peyman said that I am thankful to my father who gave me so much confidence, motivation and courage that I am at this position today.
It should be noted that Fatima Peyman’s grandfather was a member of the Afghan Parliament when the first Taliban government was formed and the entire family had to move to Pakistan.
