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📰 Every year, @capitalmagazin – Germany's most widely read business magazine – recognizes a number of people as #Top40under40. This year, I'm among the nominees. 💭 At the age of ten, my family and I moved from Iraq to Plauen in the Vogtland region of Saxony. I learned the language and culture of this country on the local football pitches. My parents always wanted me to learn "something sensible," so I studied civil engineering at the TU Dresden, later obtained German citizenship after many years, and was elected to the German Bundestag for the first time in 2021. There, as one of the few civil engineers, I have the privilege of contributing to making construction more sustainable and equitable. 💚 Being recognized by a major magazine today was unimaginable for me in the past. It honors my work—and the work of all the people who have accompanied me on my journey: mentors, teachers, friends and family, foundations like START, colleagues, my team, and many more. Thank you for the award. I'm looking forward to everything that's to come. 🙏🏽 Photo: @thomas_k 📸

First, he marginalized migrants, then he exploited women – it wasn't the first time Friedrich Merz tried to pit people in our country against each other. But Germany is diverse, and it will remain diverse, and that's a good thing. We all enrich the cityscape. Join the campaign: https://wir-sind-das-stadtbild.de/

🤔 To be honest, it felt really good to be back in #Dresden. I've just finished two weeks in my constituency, packed with diverse appointments. From #business to the urban planning demonstration, to unions and the party base: the events in Saxony give me the compass I need for my political work in Berlin, outside the bubble. Would you have imagined a constituency week to be so varied? Here's a small selection of my appointments from the last two weeks: 🎉 The awarding of the Marwa El-Sherbini Scholarship 🙏🏽 A discussion about an individual case involving deportation to Vietnam I want to offer my political support wherever I can. 💭 Speech at the "Urban Planning Demonstration" 📕 The presentation of the Library of the Year award 📰 An interview about a research project. 🔬 An event about Silicon Saxony and the semiconductor industry 🌻 Our general meeting of the Dresden Green Party – with my report from the Bundestag. 💚 A meeting with the company Sunfire, which is working on the energy transition. So – really busy weeks between culture, party politics, climate, and business. Thanks to everyone who shared these insights with me. 📸 Cover photo: Holm Helis / Slide 3: Silicon Saxony

Football fans, East Germans, members of parliament – @maja_wallstein and I will be playing live on #Twitch next week! 🎮 Tune in! #KassemPlays #Bundestag #Greens #EastGermany

Next week is another session week, which means we'll be live on #twitch again! This time, @boris.mijatovic will be our guest. Let's see how he does with the controller. See you on Tuesday (November 4th).

I was born in Zakho in northern Iraq and grew up in Plauen in the Vogtland region. I'm Saxon, I'm Kurdish, and I represent Dresden in the German Bundestag. And yet, according to our Chancellor, I don't fit into the cityscape. Many were shocked by his statement—not me. Because anyone who has experienced racism knew immediately what he meant. We remember: the "little pashas." He doesn't talk about the violence against women that happens at home or the lack of women's shelters. Not about the women who have to live in fear because they or their families are racially attacked. Because men like Merz only discover feminism when they can use it to perpetuate racist stereotypes. What scares me: These words came from a Chancellor. From someone who should speak for all Germans—but certainly not for me. And not for the many Dresdeners who took to the streets today to protest his statement about the cityscape. 💚

Construction Turbo? When speed becomes more important than affordable housing—and climate protection… 🏡 Like our info posts too! :) @hanna_steinmueller @mayra.vriesema @sylviarietenberg

The cityscape in our hometown of Dresden.

I'm delighted to have recently been elected by my union, IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt, as a delegate for the upcoming district convention in Dresden – thank you for your trust! 💪🏽

🏡 Housing policy plays a crucial role in shaping social cohesion in our country. Citizens and the construction industry alike are exhausted by rising costs and need real relief. The federal government's "construction boost" won't deliver. We, the Green Party in the Bundestag, will continue to fight to ensure that affordable and climate-friendly housing is no longer a luxury in our country. 💚🌻