You might recall getting to know Tanya from my interview series blog post from a few months back. I interviewed Tanya about the video that she was creating about the Black Lives Matter movement. She discussed the movement in detail and other issues that she was thinking about discussing on the AWAKE app once it’s …
Nikhilesh has been a friend of mine for a number of years now, having attended school with me. I remember that he particularly enjoyed our time at school, despite sometimes getting into trouble, as any student would. He took advantage of the opportunities and resources we were given and got on well with almost everyone. …
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A couple of months ago while in London, I caught up with Iman, a student at the University of Birmingham currently on her placement year in industry. This placement year has not been conventional at all due to the COVID pandemic, with Work From Home measures in place for safety. I’ve known Iman for a …
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As part of my series, I decided to visit my friend from school time, Zuha. Zuha is a 22 year old British Pakistani studying Medicine in London. She has known about my involvement in AWAKE for some time now, and often volunteered with my work at the Youth Project charity, doing what she could to …
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Recently I caught up with another university friend, Bevaan, who grew up in Singapore but now works as a trader after having studied Mathematics with Physics at UCL. Bevaan has always had lots of stories to share from his time in Singapore, but also some from his high school experience in South London after having …
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A while ago as part of my series, I met up with another university friend, Zubair. Zubair is a British 22 year old who studied Mathematics at UCL, but partly grew up in Saudi Arabia. Having studied and sat his public exams there, Zubair found himself at a slight disadvantage in applying to UK and …
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Next in my series, I met up with Tanya. Tanya was also a friend of mine from university, where she studied History. She has a keen interest in politics and any form of activism for justice. She decided that she wanted to create a video series on the recent Black Lives Matter movement, Having attended …
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First in my series I met up with Yuki, a friend from back at UCL who studied the same course as me, Maths with Modern Languages. One thing I found that I had in common with Yuki besides the fact that we were on the same course is that we both wanted to leave some …
Having the task of recruiting and meeting new pre-signed up members to the AWAKE movement has been an absolute privilege. In general, I find that I enjoy meeting new people and learning about their different life journeys and perspectives on life, but this particular task has had me going even deeper, discovering the drive behind …
Having seen behind the scenes footage and having been told stories in live time about the process behind shooting the video, I’ve often felt a bit sad that I didn’t get to be there as part of the creative process. Rushil had done such an amazing job with the song and Eashan and the team …
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