44 Time November 25, 2019
FRESH LEADER
MAGID MAGID| 30
As a child, Magid Magid and his
family fled the Somali civil war
in Somalia, arriving in Sheffield,
England, when he was 5. As
a newly elected member of
the European Parliament, he
sits on the main committee
responding to the migration
crisis on the Continent, and
has appealed for the body to
do more to prevent loss of lives
in the Mediterranean. Magid
is also known for trying to
make politics more accessible,
especially to young people;
during his tenure as lord mayor
of Sheffield, for example, he
appointed a hip-hop artist as
the city’s first poet laureate.
Now, Magid is working on an
anti fascism campaign in five
cities across Europe, while
continuing to speak out about
his own experience. “My story is
important in the current climate
that we’re living in,” he says,
“where refugees and migrants
are dehumanized.”
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