أول مستشارة مسلمة محجبة في "سيدني"

أول مستشارة مسلمة محجَّبة في "سيدني"

نجحَت المواطِنة الأسترالية "نادية صالح" أمس السبت في الفوز بانتخاباتِ جناح "روزلاندس"، بمجلس مدينة "كانتربري-بانكستون"، جنوب غرب العاصمة الأسترالية "سيدني"؛ لتكُون أول مستشارة مسلمة تعمل وهي ترتدي الحجاب في سيدني.

وكانت "نادية"، أم الأربعة أبناء، تُدير مركزًا اجتماعيًّا قبل فوزها في الانتخابات الأخيرة؛ لتكون واحدة من ثلاثة مرشحين مسلمين تم انتخابهم في جناح "روزلاندس".

وقالت "نادية صالح": عندما وصلتُ إلى "أستراليا" لأول مرة كافحتُ مِن أجل تربية أطفالي، وتقديم المزيد مِن الدعم لأعضاء المجتمع الأستراليِّ.

وتنضمُّ السيدة "نادية صالح" إلى مجموعة صغيرة مِن السياسيين المسلمين في أستراليا، أبرزُهم نائبَا البرلمانِ "إد هوسيك"، و"آن علي"، وعضو مجلس الشيوخ في "نيو ساوث ويلز" "شاوكيت مسلمان"؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

يُرجَى الإشارةُ إلى المصدر عند نقْل الخبَر - شبكة الألوكة.

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Is this Australia's first hijab-wearing councillor? Woman who wears the Islamic head covering among three Muslims elected in the same Sydney suburb

Nadia Saleh is one of three Muslims elected to the Roselands ward in Sydney The mother-of-four is also the first Sydney councillor to wear a hijab in public.

She was elected on the Labor ticket for City of Canterbury-Bankstown council.

Nadia Saleh wore a light-purple head covering on Saturday night as she declared victory in the race for Canterbury-Bankstown council, in Sydney's multicultural south-west.

The mother-of-four, who runs a community centre, was one of three Muslim candidates who were elected to the Roselands ward.

Nadia Saleh declares victory in the Roselands ward as possibly the first councillor in a hijab as senior federal Labor frontbencher Tony Burke looks on (second, left).

After settling in Sydney's south-west, she dedicated herself to her newly adopted community, becoming a manager of the Riverwood Community Centre.

'When I first arrived at Australia, I struggled to raise my kids. I struggled to ask for support,' she told SBS program Once Upon A Time in Punchbowl in 2014, in which she did not wear a hijab.

The mother-of-four did an SBS television interview about her area in 2014, but did not wear a hijab.

'This is the experience that I went through. (It) made me more determined to focus and learn more about supporting and strengthening community members.'

Nadia Saleh (left) is joined by her husband Khodr Saleh (second left), senior Labor frontbencher Tony Burke (second right) and Muslim NSW Labor MP Jihad Dib

Mrs Saleh joins a small group of Muslim politicians in Australia, which includes federal MPs Ed Husic and Anne Aly, and NSW upper house member Shaoquett Moselmane, who also hails from Lebanon.