Talk:Nus Ghani

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To AHLM13 - name

Nusrat Ghani, I can authoritatively state, is known professionally, politically and socially as 'Nus Ghani'. There is therefore no reason why you should feel the need to record it as 'Nusrat Ghani'. If you insist on doing so, may I respectively ask when you intend changing Tony Blair's name to 'Anthony', Nick Clegg's to 'Nicholas', Paddy Ashdown's to 'Jeremy' and George Osborne's to 'Gideon'? I could go on... — Preceding unsigned comment added by L0nst5n (talkcontribs) 21:30, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

May I tentatively suggest that the Sun and the Telegraph WOULD use her full Muslim name, possibly for reasons of their own. Contributors to this page should look beneath the surface here; this issue is far from being as straightforward as it might seem. There are those both pro- and anti-Muslim who have agenda of their own. This politician prefers to be known as 'Nus'. If Wikpedia editors, particularly those who have little knowledge of this individual or contemporary British politics or society, or the current climate for British Muslims, let alone for a Muslim woman representing the Conservative Party, continue to make changes by their own subjective lights, then nobody can stop you. However, know that you do so both against current and widespread usage, AND her own personal choice. L0nst5n (talk) 09:34, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnic background category

There has been a bit of back and forth in the edit history over Ghani’s ethnic category. A bit of searching finds the following reference, presumably reliable: Kashmir origin woman Nusrat Ghani elected as UK’s Parliament member

Nusrat Ghani the Daughter of Abdhul Ghani who served as a school master in Kashmir in the 1960s, was elected as one of the 13 Muslim lawmakers including eight women in UK Parliament. .. Nus Ghani, as voters know her, was elected on as a Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Wealden, following in the footsteps of Charles Hendry MP. .. Nusrat’s father Abdhul Ghani served as a school master in Kashmir in the 1960s before the family migrated to UK. “I am the daughter of immigrants and the first woman in my family to go to college and university,” Nusrat was quoted saying.

JoeSperrazza (talk) 12:55, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Description

She is referred to as " Pakistani-British Conservative Party politician". I suggest that a better description would drop the "Pakistani-British" and put that piece of information further down the introduction. It is not the main thing about her. How about ". . . is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wealden in East Sussex. A member of the Conservative Party, she is of Pakistani-British origin."

Jim Whitaker (talk) 12:01, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]