Mehria Ashuftah, Afghan Woman, Enters Hamburg State Parliament

The Hamburg state parliamentary elections were held on Sunday (2 March).

In a message posted on her Instagram page, Ms. Ashuftah stated that her close ones were aware of her success, but she personally refrained from making any predictions on election day.

She also emphasized that she had achieved her goal of raising awareness and creating hope among the people.

This lawyer and professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Hamburg, who was born in Kabul and migrated to Germany with her family during childhood, had declared during the electoral campaign that her aim is to amplify the voice of Afghan migrants in Germany.

It is noteworthy that Mehria Ashuftah is the second Afghan-origin woman to enter the Hamburg state parliament. Prior to her, Zahra Mojaddedi had served in this parliament over the past four years."