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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. She spent her childhood in the Simmering district of Vienna 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. She has represented the rights of sex workers.
Political career
On 24 November 2015, she became a Green Party councillor in Vienna and a member of the Vienna Provincial Parliament.
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.
References
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- Faika El-Nagashi
- LGBTQ rights in Austria
- List of members of the 27th National Council of Austria
- Vienna (National Council electoral district)
- European Lesbian* Conference
