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The Mayor Who Wears a Hijab
Cllr Rakhia Ismail, from Islington in London, is the UK's first Somali-born female mayor and is thought to be the first mayor to wear a hijab.
Cllr Rakhia Ismail, from Islington in London, is the UK's first Somali-born female mayor and is thought to be the first mayor to wear a hijab.