Trailblazing Labour Party MP @ZahraSultanaMP in Conversation with @Ahluwalia
For @HUNGERMAGAZINE
Zarah Sultana is a one-off. She can talk about boy bands and football with the same passion as the cost-of-living crisis and the climate emergency. And it’s this down-to-earth, “normal” personality that has made theyoung Labour MP for Coventry South a social mediasensation and a much-needed voice of the people – especially young people. Here, she sits down with the designer Priya Ahluwalia, with whom she has builta mutual respect over the years, to discuss politics,protests and trusting politicians.
“I can’t think of another politician where I would learn so much about what is going on. You’re so open and always full of facts and you’re so good at helping people who are not working as well as those who are working. You’re good at communicating with people in your peer group and younger people too. But when it comes to parliamentary work and trying to make a change, there must be intense struggles.” - @Priya.Ahluwalia1
“I think it’s a combination of things. Because I’m young and the vast majority of people here are very old I have been patronised. People say, “Don’t worry, you’re young, you’ll figure things out,” as in I’ll change the way I approach this as I get older. Then there’s my race and gender – when I get heckled in the chamber when I’m speaking, loads of MPs have noticed and said to me, “The way that they treat you is very specific.” And I think that’s also because of what I’m saying. So because I’m young, I’m a woman of colour,and then because I’m basically calling them out for what they’re doing and not really being shy or subtle about it, they try to shut me down, but that only makesme want to talk louder and go for it more – they can’t silence me, because that will be their tactic working.” - @ZahraSultanaMP
@zarahsultanamp wears full @ahluwalia
Photographer: @rankinarchive
Editorial Director: @devinderbains
Creative Direction and Design: @katastrophe.33
Beauty Editor: @marcoantoniolondon
Hair Stylist: @georgecurran
Manicurist: @christiehuseyin
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