The Shabana Mahmood Edition
Women With Balls
English - May 16, 2024 06:00 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsNews Business Careers Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Shabana Mahmood is the shadow secretary of state for justice. She was born in Birmingham to migrant parents. After studying Law at Lincoln College, Oxford, where Rishi Sunak was a contemporary, she qualified as a barrister and lived and worked in London. First elected to Parliament in 2010, representing Birmingham Ladywood, she was one of the UK’s first female Muslim MPs.
On the episode, Katy Balls talks to Shabana about her upbringing in the UK and in Saudi Arabia; how her faith is central to who she is as a person; and her approach to the tricky issues of abortion and assisted dying.
Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Cindy Yu.