Raheel is the Project Lead for Maslaha, he joined the Young Foundation in January 2007.

Raheel leads on the Maslaha project. He has been profiled in The Guardian Newspaper, in a supplement focusing on social pioneers. He was selected for the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow Conference in Doha, as well as speaking on a number of issues: at the Royal Geographical Society about global citizenship and democracy; and at the 2008 NHS London conference - ‘Innovating for a World City'.

He is also an advisor on the Dialogue Café, a new initiative supported by the UN Alliance for Civilisations and the Gulbenkian Foundation, and has recently completed a unique executive education programme focusing on entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School.

He also helped set up and was the Assistant Director at the Offscreen Education Programme, advising on and initiating education programmes designed to raise awareness of Middle East and Muslim cultures through art in partnership with organisations such as the British Museum and City Hall. His background is in journalism, and he was awarded the CRE Race in the Media award for an article for Time Out magazine.

One thing you didn’t know…
Raheel helped push-start a broken down jeep in India while being circled by a tiger.

Publications
Co-author of Peace Direct Publication - Young Muslims Speak

Raheel has written articles on various subjects including a feature exploring race in London, which was awarded a CRE Race in the Media Award, an exclusive on stolen Iraqi antiquities surfacing in London, public services in the Capital, an examination of the media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as the odd wry piece on Bollywood.

Contact

raheel.mohammed@youngfoundation.org or call 020 8980 6263