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Life lessons: Naz Shah on what life so far has taught her

Graeme Green

created: March 5, 2026, 7 a.m. | updated: March 15, 2026, 8:47 p.m.

When you come from where I’ve come from and the life I’ve had, you don’t want anybody else to go through that. If you’re true to your faith, you’re true to humanity and to your values. If you’re true to all that you will live to make the world a better place. My mother spent 14 years in prison and taught me how to hold on to the light My parents taught me … My dad taught me how not to behave. Honoured: Survival, Strength And My Path to Politics by Naz Shah (W&N, £22) is out now.

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