Shabir was born in Hillingdon, UK, in 1985. He is the middle child of a family of three and has an older brother and a younger sister. His father Mustafa was
born in Zanizbar and his mother was born in Moshi, Tanzania. They migrated to the UK in the early 1970's.
Shabir completed his GCSEs at Haydon School in Eastcote and successfully graduated from SI Madressa, Stanmore. He continued his education at City of Westminster College studying A-Levels in Economics, ICT and Mathematics. He went on to study a degree in Computing and Management (BSc) at Loughborough University where he graduated last summer.
Throughout his education, he has taken on various roles such as Hall Media representative and Students Union Elections Committee.
Shabir has been a keen sportsman and likes to try various sports. He particularly excels at football and has been playing from a young age. He played for his primary school, and then joined a local football team, Ruislip Town where he played for the 1st team for 4 years. He has represented Stanmore Jafferys at CoEJ tournaments in a range of sports including football, squash, badminton and volleyball.
Shabir has been a strong supporter of personal development and has attended many course held by CoEJ including the first residential summer camp at Kingswood, and has also participated in the Residential University Study Skills Camp.
Shabir attended the Sweden Camp for the first time as a mentor in 2006. After learning from the amazing experience and how great it was to give back to the community he joined the CoEJ Education Committee. From here he has helped organise Freshers Fairs, Residential Revision Courses in York, and other events organised by the education committee. Shabir has been invited again this year to be a mentor and accepted as it was such a great experience the first time round.
Shabir now plans to start work in September and begin a new chapter in his life. |
