Osama Saeed is currently the Director or Marketing & Communications at Amnesty International. He is a PR expert and formerly Head of Communications at Al Jazeera. Osama has been involved in politics and was at the forefront of the campaign against the war in Iraq/Afghanistan after 9/11. In this interview, Osama discusses working at Al Jazeera at the time of the Arab Spring; engagement with politics and the efforts for Scottish Independence; and his experience of racism at school.
*RELATED LINKS
About Osama Saeed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_Saeed
Osama on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OsamaSBhutta
Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org/en/
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Watch a video version of this interview at https://youtu.be/sl3PGF-w1DE
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Season 1 was recorded in 2017 for Radio Ramadhan Glasgow, a community radio station. More info at http://www.radioramadhan.scot
Desert Island Gems is a personal and intimate discussion about the guest’s life journey. They share Gems that they would take with them if they were cast away alone on a desert island. These include verses of the Quran, hadith, poetry and speeches.
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