- Fareena Alam
Fareena Alam (born 1978 in
London ) is Editor ofQ News , a British Muslim Magazine.__TOC__
Background
In 2005, she was named Media Professional of the Year by Islamic Relief. In 2006, she was named Media Professional of the Year at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5018520.stm "Asian Women of Achievements Awards 2006"] , "BBC",
May 25 2006 . AccessedSeptember 30 2007 ] .Fareena is an established journalist. She is possibly the youngest, Editor of a Muslim current affairs publication,
Q News . She is a freelance contributor to British and international newspapers. Her recent work includes the cover story for Newsweek International (worldwide except Asia) [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15789437/site/newsweek/ "Beyond the Veil"] , 'Newsweek International",Nov 27 2006 . AccessedSeptember 30 2007 ] ..Fareena is of Bangladeshi Chittagonian parentage and she grew up in Singapore. During this time she was elected as the vice-president and then president of the United Nations Students' Association,
National University of Singapore , 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 of twenty to carry out relief work in Bangladesh for three weeks in 1998.External links
* [http://www.fareenaalam.co.uk/ Official Website (under construction)]
* [http://www.q-news.com/ Q News magazine]
* [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/fareena_alam/index.html commentisfree > Fareena Alam's blog]
* [http://www.awaawards.com/ Asian Women of Achievement Awards]References
* [http://www.newstatesman.com/200602270020 NS Interview - Fareena Alam ] "New Statesman"
Alam's work
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1707922,00.html Why I reject the anarchists who claim to speak for Islam] "The Observer"
* [http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-terrorism/article_2363.jsp A humane Muslim future] "Open Democracy"
* [http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-575/_nr-11/_p-1/i.html?PHPSESSID=5869... Five Principles for Islam's Future]
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