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Yassmin Abdel-Magied: ‘I can be someone new here; I can choose who I want to be’
Guardian Australia

Yassmin Abdel-Magied: ‘I can be someone new here; I can choose who I want to be’

The writer, broadcaster and activist on life in London, fitting in, and the perspective she gained after leaving Australia Of course London has its problems, but mornings like this – bright sunshine, blue skies, the first properly hot day of the year – make a persuasive case for its being the greatest city in the world. Yassmin Abdel-Magied doesn’t need convincing. She is a “big defender” of the English capital, her home since 2017, she tells me soon after we meet up on Brick Lane. “A lot of people love to hate on London, but I’m like no-no-no ,” she says, laughingly finger-wagging. “I’m not having any of that around me .” Continue reading...

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