Shaista Aziz

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Shaista Aziz
Native name شائستہ قوال
Born 1978 (age 35–36)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Residence Manchester, Lancashire, England
Nationality British
Ethnicity Pakistani/Kashmiri
Education BA in English Literature and Women’s Studies
Occupation Journalist, writer,
stand-up comedian
Religion Islam

Shaista Aziz (Urdu: شائستہ قوال‎; born 1978) is an English journalist, writer, stand-up comedian, and former international aid worker of Pakistani descent.

Early life

Aziz’s father arrived in Britain from Kashmir, Pakistan, at the age of 16.[1] She is the only daughter of her parents.[2] Aziz was born and raised in Oxford,[3] and studied BA in English Literature and Women’s Studies at university.[4]

Career

Journalism

Aziz has worked as a newsroom journalist for Al Jazeera’s English news website in Doha, Qatar,[5] a broadcast journalist and producer for the BBC and has written for New Internationalist magazine. As well as media specialist for Oxfam.[6]

Amnesty International, Save the Children and Islamic Relief.[4] She has travelled and worked all over the world from Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Gaza and Yemen to, Haiti, Tajikistan, Burma, Russia, Pakistan and Indonesia.[7]

Aziz is a commentator on international current affairs, writes for The Guardian newspaper,[8] and is a regular panel guest on BBC Radio.[9] In January and February 2011, she wrote a series of scripts for BBC Radio 2’s Pause for Thought,[10][11][12][13] In March 2011, she appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Woman's Hour.[14] In August 2011, she appeared on Channel 4’s 4thought.tv.[15]

Stand-up

Aziz has performed stand up across the United Kingdom, including at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with the Laughing Cows in August 2010, the Hong Kong International Comedy Festival[16] and the Global Peace and Unity Event in October 2010.[17]

Awards, nominations and recognition

In 2006, Aziz was elected to the National Union of Journalists Black Members Council.[6]

In May 2010, she reached the final of the Liverpool Comedy Festival Best Newcomer Awards[7] and won the "King Gong" open mic competition at the Manchester Comedy Store.[18] In September 2010, she reached the semi-finals of the Funny Women competition.[7]

Personal life

In 2007, Aziz married an Iraqi trauma and orthopedic surgeon in a nikah ceremony in Jordan.[2] In March 2010, she and her husband left London and moved to Manchester.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Pause For Thought from Shaista Aziz". Vanessa Feltz. Pause for Thought (BBC Radio 2). 15 September 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "A Night of Piece & Laughter". Piece Initiative (Maida Restaurant, Blackburn: YouTube). 15 January 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Pause For Thought from Shaista Aziz". Vanessa Feltz. Pause for Thought (BBC Radio 2). 19 January 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The League Of Extraordinary Women". emel. August 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2011.  Shaista Aziz
  5. ↑ Kiss, Jemima (2 January 2004). "Al-Jazeera sacks another English journalist". Outspoken union member and ex-BBC journalist dismissed (Journalism.co.uk). Retrieved 29 August 2011. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Muslim Communities in Europe: Britain". Sala@m. Retrieved 29 August 2011.  Shaista Aziz
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Shaista Aziz". Cheryl Hayes Management. Retrieved 29 August 2011. 
  8. ↑ Aziz, Shaista (20 July 2010). "Profile". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2011. 
  9. ↑ "Shaista Aziz". comedy cv. Retrieved 29 August 2011. 
  10. ↑ "Pause For Thought from Shaista Aziz". The Early Breakfast Show. Pause for Thought (BBC Radio 2). 12 January 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011. 
  11. ↑ "Pause For Thought from Shaista Aziz". Vanessa Feltz. Pause for Thought (BBC Radio 2). 26 January 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011. 
  12. ↑ "Pause For Thought from Shaista Aziz". Vanessa Feltz. Pause for Thought (BBC Radio 2). 2 February 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011. 
  13. ↑ "Pause For Thought from Shaista Aziz". Vanessa Feltz. Pause for Thought (BBC Radio 2). 9 February 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011. 
  14. ↑ "Women Of The World". Woman's Hour (London Southbank Centre: BBC Radio 4). 29 August 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011. 
  15. ↑ "Should Muslim adapt to Britain or should Britain adapt to Muslims". 4.Thought TV (Channel 4). 29 August 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.  Shaista Aziz
  16. ↑ "Shaista Aziz Comedy Success". 1st witness. Retrieved 29 August 2011. 
  17. ↑ "Artists & Performers". Global Peace and Unity Event 2010. October 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2011. 
  18. ↑ Video on YouTube

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