This is Malia Bouattia’s emotional speech at the National Union of Students National Conference shortly before she was elected president.
During the speech she talked about:
- her exile from Algeria.
- how the government is attacking students and the underprivileged.
- the racist and Islamophobic Prevent agenda.
- the power of grassroots protest.
- her name being dragged through the mud by the right-wing media.
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