Oslo’s 27-year-old deputy mayor is a Tamil who survived the Utøya island massacre,giving her unique authority in the debate over refugees Oslo City corridor seems a fitting location to meet Khamshajiny Gunaratnam for the first time. This grand 20th-century building hosts the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony each year and has become a symbolic venue when it comes to celebrating titanic ideas for social progress. The woman I’m here to meet, a 27-year-old politician best-known by the nickname Kamzy, or was elected to the post of deputy mayor with unanimous support this October. Gunaratnam sits at the forefront of a coalition movement with a new vision for Norwegian politics – one that rejects the status quo and emphasises democracy and progress as a basis to govern.
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Source: theguardian.com