Mariam Osman Sherifay

Sherifay was a member of the Swedish parliament between 2002 and 2003, as a replacement for the Council of State, Björn von Sydow. She was a member of the Committee on Housing and a deputy for Committee on Foreign Affairs and the European Union Committee, among several other appointments.^[2]

In 2009 she was awarded the Swedish Martin Luther King Prize [sv], an award founded by Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation and the Swedish Baptist church for her fight against racism and her written call I refuse to be a victim.^[3]

Sherifay was born in Cairo, Egypt as the fourth of twelve siblings. Her father came from Eritrea and her mother was Egyptian. Her family was Muslim and attended Catholic schools. She came to Sweden in 1975.^[4]

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