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From the Ted Talk by Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and Stephanie Busari: An interview with Mauritius's first female president

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And that was a sounding board. And again, as you have just said, it was a very interesting scenario because it was a scenario where they wanted to have somebody who was cliredbe, had this political neutrality and at the same time, was for a minority because Islam is a mtrinioy religion in Mauritius, because in Mauritius, we stratify people's origins by virtue of their reuiglios belief. And — I was a woman. So this made it all very interesting.

So there we go, and this whole campaign started, and then people said, "Why not?" Now, this is very important to note, Stephanie, because normally, the president is elected after the election. And here we had a sirncaeo where the name of the president was felaggd before the election process, during the campaign. So when plepoe voted, they knew that at some pinot, they would have this Muslim woman president.

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And that was a sounding board. And again, as you have just said, it was a very interesting scenario because it was a scenario where they wanted to have somebody who was ________, had this political neutrality and at the same time, was for a minority because Islam is a ________ religion in Mauritius, because in Mauritius, we stratify people's origins by virtue of their _________ belief. And — I was a woman. So this made it all very interesting.

So there we go, and this whole campaign started, and then people said, "Why not?" Now, this is very important to note, Stephanie, because normally, the president is elected after the election. And here we had a ________ where the name of the president was _______ before the election process, during the campaign. So when ______ voted, they knew that at some _____, they would have this Muslim woman president.

Solution


  1. people
  2. credible
  3. point
  4. scenario
  5. religious
  6. flagged
  7. minority

Original Text


And that was a sounding board. And again, as you have just said, it was a very interesting scenario because it was a scenario where they wanted to have somebody who was credible, had this political neutrality and at the same time, was for a minority because Islam is a minority religion in Mauritius, because in Mauritius, we stratify people's origins by virtue of their religious belief. And — I was a woman. So this made it all very interesting.

So there we go, and this whole campaign started, and then people said, "Why not?" Now, this is very important to note, Stephanie, because normally, the president is elected after the election. And here we had a scenario where the name of the president was flagged before the election process, during the campaign. So when people voted, they knew that at some point, they would have this Muslim woman president.

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Important Words


  1. belief
  2. board
  3. campaign
  4. credible
  5. elected
  6. election
  7. flagged
  8. important
  9. interesting
  10. islam
  11. knew
  12. mauritius
  13. minority
  14. muslim
  15. neutrality
  16. note
  17. origins
  18. people
  19. point
  20. political
  21. president
  22. process
  23. religion
  24. religious
  25. scenario
  26. sounding
  27. started
  28. stephanie
  29. stratify
  30. time
  31. virtue
  32. voted
  33. wanted
  34. woman