| Born | 1971 (age 40–41) |
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| Residence | London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Theology and Religious Studies The Dynamics of Conversion to Islam |
| Alma mater | St George's School St Thomas More School King's College London |
| Occupation | CEO and Editor of emel magazine |
| Religion | Islam |
| Spouse | Mahmud al-Rashid (1992–present) |
| Children | Hasan (born 1996) Sumayyah (born 1999) Amirah (born 2002) |
| Parents | Joe Askew (father) Valerie Askew (mother) |
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Sarah Joseph (OBE) is CEO and Editor of Muslim lifestyle magazine emel and commentator on British Muslims. She is a writer and a broadcaster and lectures on Islam both within the UK and internationally (USA, Europe, Middle and Far East). Sarah converted to Islam at the age of 16 in 1988 after being brought up as a Catholic.[1]
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Joseph is the daughter of RAF engineer Joe Askew and a model agency owner Valerie Askew. Her mother founded the internationally successful Askew's Modelling Agency. Joseph was educated at St George's School, Hanover Square, Mayfair and St Thomas More School, Sloane Square, Chelsea. Her undergraduate degree was in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King's College London. She commenced her postgraduate studies at the same institution on the dynamics of conversion to Islam.
She is married to Mahmud al-Rashid, who is a human rights barrister and one of the founders of the Association of Muslim Lawyers (AML). He is of Muslim Bangladeshi heritage, who is also involved in editing the emel magazine. She resides in London with her husband and their three children.
Joseph was awarded an OBE in 2004 for services to “interfaith dialogue and the promotion of women's rights”.
She is listed as one of the world’s 500 most influential Muslims by Georgetown University's The Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talaal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan; and one of the UK’s 100 most powerful Muslims in the Muslim Power 100 by Carter Anderson.
Her radio work has been recognised with a Sony Gold Award for Best Speech Programme for Beyond Belief with Ernie Rae; and a Sandford St Martin Trust Merit Award for All Things Considered with Roy Jenkins
She was a member of the Downing Street delegation in the aftermath of the 7 July 2005 London bombings and was a member of the Home Office Task Force on a extremism following on from that.