Her family had fled Iraqi Kurdistan after her grandfather and two uncles had been executed for opposing Saddam Hussein, who was still in power.

[6] Salih attended Drumchapel High School, and then graduated with honors in Law and Politics from Strathclyde University in 2013 where she was also Vice President for Diversity and Advocacy for the Students Association.

[10] In 2016, she worked with the Scottish Refugee Council and Education Strategy Commission to campaign for funding for scholarships for asylum seekers.

[7] She is co-founder of Scottish Solidarity with Kurdistan[11] and has travelled to Kurdish regions in Turkey as part of a delegation of trade unionists and human rights activists.

Scotland has made it clear it wants nothing to do with Boris Johnson and Priti Patel's toxic migration policies and wants an asylum system based on the principles of fairness, dignity and respect."

Their consistent attempts to roll back, or simply abandon human rights obligations and break international law are a disgrace.

"[6] Salih previously worked in the constituency office of Chris Stephens, the SNP MP for Glasgow South West.

Written by David Greig and directed and composed by Cora Bissett, it premiered at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow in 2012.