Miqdaad Versi
Miqdaad Versi is director for media monitoring at the Muslim Council of Britain.[1] As well as holding the position as one of the council's active public representatives, Versi is also engaged with the media voicing concerns over the misrepresentation of Muslims.[2][3] The Guardian described him as "the UK’s one-man Islamophobia media monitor."[4]
Versi occasionally writes opinion pieces for the Guardian and the Independent.[5][6] He is a board member of Rights Watch UK.[7] Versi also runs a travel agency in north-west London full-time.[8]
Versi grew up in Harrow, London.[8] His father moved to the UK from east Africa in the 1970s and worked as an engineer.[8] His mother worked as a nursery teacher.[8] He read mathematics at the University of Oxford.[7]
During his university studies, in pursuit of his interest in Islamic jurisprudence, Versi spent one year in Damascus, Syria learning Arabic and Islamic law.[8] He later worked for Oliver Wyman and then for the Royal Bank of Scotland.[8]
References
- "Our governance". www.mcb.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- Nye, Catrin (2017-01-19). "The man correcting stories about Muslims". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- "The UK media too often misrepresents Muslims – with dangerous results". The Guardian. 2017-01-23. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- Hattenstone, Simon (2019-03-25). "'The Tories are institutionally Islamophobic': Miqdaad Versi takes on MPs and the media". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- "Miqdaad Versi". The Independent. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- "Miqdaad Versi". the Guardian. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- "Board – Rights Watch UK". www.rwuk.org. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- Subramanian, Samanth (2018-10-18). "One man's (very polite) fight against media Islamophobia". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-02-05.