Faika El-Nagashi

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Faika El-Nagashi
Faika El-Nagashi - 2017 Menschenhandel in unserem Alltag - in Österreich (34599376703) (cropped).jpg
El-Nagashi in 2017
Born3 September 1976
NationalityAustria
EducationUniversity of Vienna
OccupationPolitician
Political partyGreen Party of Austria

Faika El-Nagashi or Faika Anna El-Nagashi (born 3 September 1976) is an Austrian politician from the Austrian Green Party. Since 2015 she has sat on the Gemeinderat and Landtag of Vienna.

Early life[]

El-Nagashi was born in 1976 in Budapest with a Hungarian and Egyptian heritage.[1] She spent her childhood in the area of Vienna known as Simmering before attending the University of Vienna in 2003 to study Political Science. She completed her course in 2009 having written about migrant sex workers. In 2004 she became active in general in human rights relating to Eastern Europe and the European Community.[2] She has represented the rights of sex-workers.[3]

Political career[]

On 24 November 2015 she became a Green Party councillor in Vienna and a member of the Vienna Provincial Parliament.[2]

Personal life[]

El-Nagashi is openly Lesbian. In October 2017, she spoke alongside Ulrike Lunacek and Phyll Opoku-Gyimah and the opening speech of the first European Lesbian* Conference in Vienna.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ meineabgeordneten.at: Mag.a Faika El-Nagashi . Abgerufen am 28. April 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Faika El-Nagashi «  European Lesbian* Conference 6. – 8. October 2017". europeanlesbianconference.org. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  3. ^ Ingrid Ramberg (2001). Violence Against Young Women in Europe: Seminar Report. Council of Europe. pp. 158–. ISBN 978-92-871-4834-6.
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