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Green born in Pakistan seeks Bundestag seat

Irfan Aftab
September 24, 2021

Misbah Khan, a Green party candidate for the German federal parliament, talks to DW about her journey in German politics as a young female politician who was born abroad.

https://p.dw.com/p/40nhl
Irfan Aftab, DW Journalist in Berlin, Germany
Irfan Aftab Journalist based in Berlin at DW News English & Urdu covering global affairs, society & culture.
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