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'{{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}} '''Shelina Zahra Janmohamed''' is a British writer. She is the author of ''Love in a Headscarf'' (2009), a memoir of growing up as a [[Islam in the United Kingdom|British Muslim]] woman.<ref name=kemp/> Her new book titled ''Generation M: Young Muslims Changing the World''<ref>Janmohamed, Shelina (2016). ''Generation M: Young Muslims Changing the World'', p. 256. I.B.Tauris, UK. {{ISBN|1780769091}}. |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Generation-Young-Muslims-Changing-World/dp/1780769091 |</ref> was published in August 2016. ''Generation M'', as [[The Guardian]] puts it, "is the first detailed portrait" of the influential segment of the world’s "fastest growing religion", Islam.<ref name=Sherwood>{{cite web|last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |title=Meet Generation M: the young, affluent Muslims changing the world |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |work=[[Guardian Online]] |date=3 September 2016 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/03/meet-generation-m-the-young-affluent-muslims-changing-the-world |accessdate=2017-04-28}}</ref> She is also a blogger: her blog is called ''Spirit 21''.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news |last=Casciani |first=Dominic |title=The battle over mosque reform |publisher=[[BBC News]] |work=[[BBC News Online]] |date=29 November 2007 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7118503.stm |accessdate=2015-03-24}}</ref> ==Early life and education== She grew up in [[North London]] and was educated at [[Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls]], [[Elstree]], subsequently graduating from [[New College, Oxford]].<ref name=kemp>{{cite news |last=Kemp |first=Charlotte |title=Sense and Serendipity |work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |date=30 May 2009 |url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/sense-and-serendipity |accessdate=2015-03-24}}</ref> ==Career== Janmohamed has written articles for ''[[The Times]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref>{{cite news |first=Shelina Zahra |last=Janmohamed |title=A Muslim woman's journey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2009/feb/13/valentines-day-religion-islam |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=14 February 2009 |accessdate=2015-03-24}}</ref> ''[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]'', ''The Muslim News'' and ''[[Emel (magazine)|Emel]]'' magazine focusing on [[Islam]] and [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]]. She has a particular interest in Muslim women and Islam in the West. In her role as an influential commentator on British Islam, she is a columnist for EMEL magazine, and a regular contributor to the Guardian and the BBC. Her blog, Spirit21, has won several awards, including the Brass Crescent Award for Best Blog. Janmohamed lives in London and has appeared on numerous British television networks.<ref name=kemp/> She has travelled with the British Foreign and Commonwealth office to Darfur, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Qatar and Turkey under its programme to build links with British Muslims and encourage dialogue. She is a creator and organizer of social and cultural events for young British Muslims, as part of creating a new British Muslim culture and identity, and the host of the annual ‘[[Eid in the Square]]’ event which is held in Trafalgar Square. She is a trustee of the Windsor Fellowship which encourages minority ethnic students to excel in education and employment.<ref name=kemp/> ==Awards, nominations and recognition== Janmohamed was named by ''[[The Times]]'' and the UK [[Equality and Human Rights Commission]] as one of the UK's 100 most influential Muslim women, and most recently she was named as one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world.<ref name=kemp/> In January 2014, Janmohamed was nominated for the Services to Media award at the [[British Muslim Awards]].<ref name="asianimage">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/united_kingdom/10978079.British_Muslim_Awards_2014_winners/|title=British Muslim Awards 2014 winners|work= |location= |publisher=''Asian Image''|date=31 January 2014|accessdate=1 November 2015}}</ref> ==Personal life== She is married and currently lives in London with her 2 children .<ref name=kemp/> ==Professional life== She is serving as a Vice President of Ogilvy Noor, world's first Islamic Branding & marketing consultancy agency.<ref name="Ogilvy Noor">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.ogilvynoor.com/index.php/about-us/our-partners/ |title=Meet our experts|work= |location= |publisher=''ogilvynoor.com''|date=|accessdate=1 April 2017}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== ;Reviews *{{cite journal |last=Sufian |first=Abu |year=2014 |title=Review of Shelina Zahra Janmohamed’s ''Love in a Headscarf'' |work=Journal of Islamic Law and Culture |volume=15 |number=1 |url=https://www.academia.edu/7704969/Book_Review_on_Shelina_Zahra_Janmohameds_memoir_Love_in_a_Headscarf_2009_ |accessdate=2015-03-24}} *{{cite journal |last=Barton |first=L |date=8 February 2009 |title=Hot dates and headscarves |work=The Guardian | url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/feb/18/shelina-zahra-janmohamed-arranged-marriage |accessdate=2015-01-11}} *{{cite journal |last=Umar |first=Zeenat |date=September 2010 |title=Love in a Headscarf: Muslim Bridget Jones |work= Illume Magazine Online |url=http://www.illumemagazine.com/zine/articleDetail.php?The-Muslim-Bridget-Jones-13304 |accessdate=2014-12-10}} *{{cite journal |last=Alemany Oliver |first=Mathieu|date=2017 |title=Generation M: young Muslims changing the world |work= European Journal of Marketing |volume=51 |number=9/10 |url=http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/EJM-03-2017-0232 |accessdate=2017-12-20}} == External links == * {{official website|http://www.spirit21.co.uk/|Janmohamed's official blog}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Janmohamed, Shelina Zahra}} [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Alumni of New College, Oxford]] [[Category:British memoirists]] [[Category:British bloggers]] [[Category:British journalists]] [[Category:British Muslims]] [[Category:Women memoirists]] [[Category:Women bloggers]] [[Category:People educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls]] {{UK-writer-stub}}'