Ali Al-Fayez is a Bahraini political activist, living in the UK since 2011 and a member of the Bahraini opposition

Ali Al-Bakri is a dentist with a bachelor’s degree from Baghdad university and Peninsula Dental School in Plymouth, and a Masters degree in Dental Public Health from Queen Mary University in London. Currently working as a dentist in London, he conducted extensive research on Shisha smoking, and his main interest is in the social determinants of health and it’s effects on oral and general health.

Mukhtar Karim was born in Mombasa Kenya and graduated in economics from UCL. He has a career in commercial and technology law in the City of London spanning over two decades.

He was a founding trustee of the Lady Fatemah Trust and since 2018 has been its CEO.

He believes in innovating solutions for the charity realm to address the causes of poverty and has driven the mothernomics model in over 5 counties so far.

He promotes development of communities by focussing on mothers through the education of themselves and their children, female entrepreneurship, healthcare particularly at the start of life and emotional well-being.

His articles have been published in newspapers and magazines with global reach and he has been interviews on the mothernomics and million mums campaigns.

Daphne Giachero is a Community Organiser with Harrow and Brent Citizens, two local alliances of civic institutions such as faith groups, schools and charities which we as Mahfil Ali SICM are part of and which come together to build people power and to take action for the common good by campaigning on the issues affecting our communities, such as tackling poverty or welcoming refugees. Moreover, as a convert to Islam, Daphne is motivated in her work by the belief that Community Organising can offer a practical framework for Muslims who want to be people of justice, as we are called to be. She is a graduate in anthropology and human rights from the London School of Economics and has made London her home after growing up in Italy and Germany. She joins us to share some reflections on these topics and to invite us to the Harrow Citizens Accountability Assembly that is taking place next week with the candidates for Council Leader ahead of the local elections in May

Shaykh Hassan Roushandel was born in the UK. He graduated from Qom Hawza In 2017 and graduated from a Masters in Legal and Political Theory from UCL. He lectures at The Islamic College and Hawza of England and is currently working as a certified family mediator.

Aaseem describes himself as a Business developer and anti food poverty champion. He left Sky in 2016 after 11 years as head of retail stores and has started a new retail consultancy business. He is a founding trustee of Sufra NW London which was established by a number of partner charities including The Salaam Centre.

Iqbal Asaria is a Trustee of SICM and in 2005, he was awarded a CBE for services to international development.

Dr. Nizar Merali serves as a Senior Partner at GP Direct. He established MD Homes, a small, specialist organisation providing high standard residential nursing care to various age groups.

Dr Ali Al-Hilli is a scientist by profession with a PhD in bioinformatics. He is also an Islamic lecturer, author and researcher with a Masters in Islamic Studies from Middlesex University. He has led many youth discussion circles and conducted many workshops on Islamic self-development, spirituality and mental health.