FAREENA ALAM
Fareena Alam, journalist, London

Born in London in 1978 Fareena has Bangladeshi parentage and she grew up in Singapore. During this time she was president of the National University of Singapore, involved with the United Nations Association, for which she organised a six month awareness campaign called 'The children of Bangladesh.' The campaign highlighted the plight of the street children and she then took the campaign a stage further by leading a student delegation to carry out relief work in Bangladesh.

Since moving back to the UK Fareena has become an established and well-respected journalist. She is the only female managing editor of a major Muslim publication, Q-News, Britain's leading Muslim magazine that she is leading through a major revamp and relaunch. She has written for the Observer and the Guardian contributing major features, news and comment pieces covering the 'Vision of new Islam' to 'My week beneath the burqa.'

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