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Muslim women’s rights campaigner Akeela Ahmed among Asians recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

Akeela Ahmed

By: Sarwar Alam

By Lauren Codling and Sarwar Alam LEADING campaigners, community leaders, civil servants and entrepreneurs are among Asians honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, announced this evening (8). In total, 1,057 people have received an award, with 10 per cent of the successful candidates coming from a Black, Asian or ethnic minority (BAME) background. Those who have been awarded a CBE (Commanders of the order of the British empire) include: Professor Bashir Mohammed Al-Hashimi, professor of computer engineering at the University of Southampton, for services to computer engineering and industry Professor Jaswinder Singh Bamrah, consultant psychiatrist for the Greater Manchester…

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