CEDAR | European Muslim Professionals Network

Chair of the Judging Committee and BBC journalist, Razia Iqbal announced the winners who were selected from the 26 shortlisted candidates. They were:

Ndeye Andújar - a spokeswoman for Islamic feminism and Editor-in-Chief of Webislam.com, a site that seeks to inform and enhance public perceptions of the Muslim community within Spain;

Sineb El-Masrar - Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Gazelle, Germany’s first multicultural women’s magazine targeted specifically at women from minority backgrounds;

Shaheed Fatima - one of the UK’s leading human rights lawyers, who has been the counsel in a number of high-profile and significant counter-terrorism and human rights cases;

Zaha Hadid - one of the Britain’s most highly acclaimed and sought after architects whose national and international works constantly push the boundaries of urban design;  

Sabina Iqbal - Chair and Founder of Deaf Parenting UK, the first charity run by deaf parents for deaf parents in the UK and worldwide;

Lamya Kaddor - founder of the Liberal Islamic Union, whose work reflects her unique interpretation of contemporary German Islam and seeks to provide a voice for liberal Muslims in Germany and across Europe;

Barni Nor - As a nurse, nutritionist, full-time PhD student and chairwoman for the Muslim Women’s Association in Stockholm who regularly represents the Muslim community at official government meetings, conferences and in the media;

Nabila Ramdani- a French journalist and academic who specialises in Anglo-French issues, Islamic affairs and the Arab World;

Hilal Sezgin - a freelance journalist and political commentator from Germany, who has published several works on the topics of Islam, Islamophobia, German feminism and multiculturalism within Europe;

Anna Stamou - As Marketing Manager of the Muslim Association of Greece and Director of the first Greek Muslim centre, who has worked tirelessly to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in Greece.

The Judging Committee were drawn from across Europe: Edit Schlaffer, Founder and Chair, Women Without Boarders/SAVE-Sisters Against Violent Extremism, Austria; Pegah Ferydoni – actress, Germany; Rosa León - Director of the Cervantes Institute, Dublin; Guillaume Fourmont - academic and journalist, ‘Publico’, Spain and Jake Hayman - CEO of The Social Investment Consultancy and founder of FutureFirst, UK.

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