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Edinburgh, Gb

Driving a culture of impact across the organisation. Leading evaluations, ensuring the alignment of our impact measurement framework with our strategic objectives, and advocating for continuous improvement.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Advance relations with industry bodies, companies, and grassroots community groups. • Support successful delivery of UK-wide initiatives across Scotland and Northern Ireland.• Attained top prize for outreach on the Looking Glass 2022 survey. 12,990 impressions and 251 reactions for outreach and promotional content and 85 directly encountered Tier 2 beneficiaries in Jan-Mar 2023 quarter.• Help build capacity for effective community and peer support in Scotland and Northern Ireland, helping foster strong leadership and sustainability of our grassroots community groups.• Promote the Impact Partnerships Programme in Scotland and Northern Ireland, championing regional projects and perspectives.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Appointed by Scottish Government Ministers to oversee the public body’s corporate governance, strategy and its representation to the Parliament, stakeholders and the wider public. • 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: overseeing an effective framework of audit, risk management and internal control. Ensuring high standards of governance, management, propriety and conduct.• 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: making decisions regarding delivery of statutory functions, setting a vision and communication of that to stakeholders. • 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗰𝘆: representing Creative Scotland to Scottish Ministers, the Parliament and wider public. Providing advice to Scottish Ministers.• 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: monitoring performance and supporting the Senior Executive Team.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

▪ Expert in community-led participatory collections-based research for National Museums Scotland, providing internal and external advice.▪ Reached 35,538 people with events and creative outputs viewed by 495K online with 16K impressions; oversaw research hub project including 15 community groups, 87 participants, and nine UK museums.▪ Steered implementation of participatory collections-based research for £250K AHRC-funded project.▪ Ensured project’s success; hailed as model for national centre of excellence attracting £450K legacy funding.

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Leading an interdisciplinary research project 'Black Muslim Scots and Danes: Identity, Culture and Heritage' looking at the historical and contemporary factors shaping the production of Black African Muslim cultures in Denmark and Scotland.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Led strategy, budgeting, recruitment, marketing, and public relations. Achieved shared vision and objectives by leading top-performing five staff members. Managed overall community and outreach work.• Reached 193K students in 127 countries and generated over £24K in revenue; developed business from scratch into vibrant organisation; offered higher education services and coordinated with 59 organisations.• Established safe sanctuary of knowledge and development for young people throughout Scotland.• Acknowledged as subject specialist consulted by government, local authorities and media agencies.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Developing and producing mixed-methods (qualitative and quantitative) research addressing equality, diversity and inclusion of BAME communities in Scotland, Sweden and Denmark. • Engaging in knowledge exchange with a wide range of stakeholders to enable the social impact of research.• Affiliated researcher in the '𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁' joint initiative with the Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre, the Church of Scotland, Interfaith Scotland and the Almaktoum College studying and comparing Christian-Muslim relations in Scotland with Ghana.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Supporting the wellbeing and inclusion work of the chaplaincy through specialist knowledge of BAME faith traditions.• Providing EDI training to specific schools within the university and engaging with wider community outreach projects.• Pioneering 'Unconscious Bias' workshops and training for the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Researching the impact of Far-Right confrontation and Right-wing populism on Muslims in Europe. The project was a small-scale qualitiative study of four European cities: Edinburgh, London, Copenhagen and Malmö.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Assisting the design, peer review of the literature and marketing of the course with over 3700 students from 140 countries at Undergraduate, Masters and PhD level. • Providing administrative support to the lead educator. • Supervising student engagement with the course material.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Managing the community development portfolios. • Initiating the ‘Mosque of Sanctuary’ vision attracting 3583 visitors. • Engaging with 119 partner organisations including HEIs, media and Scottish Government agencies. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:• Liaison with 119 institutions and directly coordinating 95 official engagements.• Engaging 13 community projects in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen and the Borders.• Lecturing in 3 Scottish universities, hosting cultural exchange visits and Islam Festival 2016.• 16 government engagements, 39 interfaith events and 4 BBC interviews.• Working with Police Scotland to explore Sikh and Muslim youth matters.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Teaching Introductory and Foundational Level Arabic, mentoring and assessing student progress. • Collaborating with a team of tutors to design and deliver the course.

Mecca, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

• Conducting research to equip interns and students with leadership skills. • Engaging with debates and discourses around the current affairs of the Islamic world.• Community service and outreach.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Literatures, Languages, And Cultures

My thesis is titled ‘Feeling at Home and Seeing the Other Side: Muslim Responses to Right-wing Populism (RWP) in the UK & Scandinavia.’ It.

Data Science

Applied Data Science Programme. Modules studied: Foundations for Data Science, Data Analysis & Visualization, Machine Learning, Practical.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Peace And Conflict Studies

A study of theories and methodologies shaping approaches to peace and conflict. Modules included: Religiously and Ethically Grounded.

Ma, Theology, The Religious Roots Of Europe

A study of Europe's religious roots from a socio-historical perspective. Courses included: Religion and Society in Antiquity , Ancient.

Bachelor'S Degree, Islamic Theology

Four-year degree in Islamic theology. Modules included a range of Islamic sciences such as: Fiqh (Islamic Law), Tarikh (Islamic history.