Darya Safai -Dentist, Human right activist and Member of the Belgian Parliament

Women’s rights activist Darya Safai (pronounced safa-ee) has become the first Iranian immigrant to enter the Belgian parliament, after winning a seat in the country’s national elections. Following a final count on Sunday, May 27, she was elected to the Chamber of Representatives in Brussels, representing center-right Flemish-separatist party, the N-VA (New Flemish Alliance). Born in Iran in 1975, the 44-year-old left in 1999 following the brutally suppressed student protests of that year.