How is London’s cultural policy set to reflect its diverse population? Nosheen Iqbal quizzes Munira Mirza
Munira Mirza has been described as both “a breath of fresh air” and as an “ideologically driven, monoculturalist zealot”. She works for London’s Tory Mayor Boris Johnson, but has been a member of the Revolutionary Communist Party. She’s a British Asian Muslim working as Mayoral Advisor on Arts and Culture, but criticises diversity arts policy for damaging true cultural equality. It’s fair to say, that she presents something of a contradiction.
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