Munira Mirza : (6)

" The emergence of a strong Muslim identity in Britain is, in part, a result of multicultural policies implemented since the 1980s, which have emphasized difference at the expense of shared national identity. " - Munira Mirza

" I realized very quickly that the main thing that the left was not in favor of was free speech – that there was an intolerance about different ideas and opinions. " - Munira Mirza

" We should get rid of ‘tick box’ measures that do nothing to address underlying inequality in areas like employment. And we should interrogate the claims of victimization made by some organizations to get their slice of pie. " - Munira Mirza

" The ‘Shoreditchification’ of certain areas, although it’s seen as a negative by some, has actually been very positive for parts of London. " - Munira Mirza

" Public art is a unique type of art. It’s very different to gallery art because it is something that we pass by every day and it inevitably creates a lot of discussion in a way that gallery art does not. " - Munira Mirza

" At the same time women are putting on the headscarf, they are also going to work, to education, increasingly vocal in the media – and this is the confusing thing about Muslim women in the West,. They are becoming Westernized at the same time as they are adopting their religious identity more strongly. " - Munira Mirza