Kitchen Cabinet: Aug 11Guest: Deputy Leader of the Greens, Mehreen Faruqi. Guest on Kitchen Cabinet tonight is Deputy Leader of the Greens, Mehreen Faruqi. Annabel visits Mehreen Faruqi, who 35 years ago migrated to Sydney from Lahore, Pakistan, armed with a young family, and engineering degree, and an appetite for adventure. These days, Faruqi is the deputy leader of the Greens and was the first Muslim woman ever to be sworn in as a Senator. Over dinner Mehreen tells Annabel why she moved to Australia so long ago and describes the assumptions people make about Muslims in Australia.