Faika El-Nagashi or Faika Anna El-Nagashi (born 3 September 1976) is an

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n politician from the

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. Since 2015, she has sat on the

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Early life

El-Nagashi was born in 1976 in

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with a Hungarian and Egyptian heritage.''meineabgeordneten.at: Mag.a Faika El-Nagashi ''
Retrieved 28 April 2017. She spent her childhood in the

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district of Vienna before attending the

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in 2003 to study Political Science. She completed her course in 2009 having written about migrant sex workers. In 2004, she became active in general in human rights relating to Eastern Europe and the

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. She has represented the rights of sex workers.

Political career

On 24 November 2015, she became a Green Party councillor in Vienna and a member of the Vienna Provincial Parliament. On the 12th of June 2025, she left the Green Party, citing disagreements over the treatment of

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individuals.''Streit um Trans-Rechte: El-Nagashi tritt aus den Grünen aus''
Retrieved 12 June 2025.

Personal life

El-Nagashi is openly

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. In October 2017, she spoke alongside Ulrike Lunacek and

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and the opening speech of the first European Lesbian* Conference in

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