Abbas Akbar was born on the 16th November, aside from migrating from Saudi Arabia to East Africa and then to the UK, he had an interesting childhood.  He completed his GCSE’s at King’s Heath Boys School. Read more...

Zahir-Abbas was born in Märsta, Sweden, and lived there for the first six years of his life. His family then migrated to England where they settled temporarily in Leicester but then finalised their settlement in the UK in their current residence in North West London. Zahir-Abbas’ father, Gulammehdi Sumar was born in Zanzibar and his Mother, Ruhy, was born in Tanga. Zahir-Abbas also has two siblings, an older brother Imraan and a younger sister Zaynab. He speaks Swedish, English and Kutchi whist also being able to understand a few other Indian languages.

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Arif was born in Harold Wood, Essex, in 1989, but in 1996 the family moved and settled in Northwood, North-West London. His father Minazali, an ever present nawha and marthiya recitor at Stanmore mosque, and mother Anisha were born in Uganda but had to flee the country due to the expulsion decreed by Idi Amin, both of them eventually finding themselves in the UK. Arif is also fortunate to have a younger brother, Sadiq. Read more...

Muntazir was born in Watford in 1986. He is the youngest of 3 children. His parents are both from small towns in Tanzania; his father originating from Mwanza and his mother from Bukoba. Read more...

Muhammad-Abbas Rajani was born in 1988 in Leicester, UK. His parents Munira and Sultanali Karmali Rajani are both originally from Tanzania. Muhammad-Abbas is from a family of three, an older sister and a younger brother. Read more...

It was 19 years ago on the 16th of February, before the break of dawn, that Shuayb entered this world. A small baby boy, the third child of Abbas and Shamim Ismail, Shuayb came into this life with silence and did not start to speak until the age of 3, much to the worry of his parents. Claiming his heritage from 2 continents and 3 countries (India, Iran and Tanzania), Shuayb was blessed from a young age to visit far off places. It was through this travel that Shuayb developed his experiences of the world around him and his perceptions and ideas of the way we interact.

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Sajjad was born in Birmingham, UK, in 1988 as the younger of two brothers. His parents, Sadik and Shamim Hassam were born in Tanzania, and migrated to the UK in 1983. The family is settled in Birmingham. Read more...

Sadiq was born in Hillingdon, London, UK, in 1981. He comes from a family of three, a younger brother and a sister. His father Mustafa was born in Zanzibar and his mother was born in Moshi, Tanzania. They migrated to the UK in the early 1970's. Read more...

Hasnain Ramji was born in 1986 in Birmingham, UK. His father, Mustafa, originally from Tanzania, migrated to the UK in 1977 and his mother, Fatima, from Uganda first migrated to Karachi, Pakistan before marrying and moving to the UK to settle in Birmingham. Hasnain is the second of their two sons. Read more...

Murtaza was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1986, and lived there until his family migrated to London in 1992. His roots are somewhat diverse, Shirin his mother traces back her roots to India while his father, Hussein is half Iranian and half Iraqi. He comes from a family of five with an older brother and a younger sister. Read more...