Emdad Rahman

Emdad Rahman (; born 12 May 1976) is an English freelance journalist, blogger and football poet.

Early life

Rahman was born in London, England. His parents are from Bangladesh and his father is Lutfur Rahman.

At the age of 17, after completing his GCSEs, Rahman memorised the whole Qur'an.

Career

Rahman is a freelance writer and journalist. He is a commentator for The Guardian online opinion site and edits the blog All in a Day's Work. He is a writer, researcher and London correspondent for Mathaba News and English editor of English weekly newspaper EuroBangla, news editor at Bangla Mirror, editorial assistant at the London Muslim and chief editor at CyberSylhet. He has a voluntary unpaid role as the executive editor at London Bangla, a bilingual free weekly newspaper in Tower Hamlets..

Rahman is also a published football poet, In August 2007, his book The Greatest Game on Earth – A Collection of Footballing Verse was published. In August 2009, his second book Seeking Henri Delaunay: A Poetic Chronicle of the UEFA European Football Championship 2008 was published. In March 2010, he third book Kings of Africa: Lyrical Recitals from the African Cup Of Nations – Angola 2010 was published.

Rahman is an advisor for the British Transport Police. He is Chair of Trustees at Amani Foundation, a charity which works with disadvantaged families, and with which he is involved with in Tower Hamlets. He is involved in many initiatives, working with children and have voluntarily raised hundreds of pounds for schools doing a charity walk of all the London bridges.

He also works as a Local Government Officer a schools education and attendance advisor and a school governor at his old primary school. He delivers football poetry workshops, presentations and talks during the weekends. He spends six hours every weekend teaching children at a cultural school in East London.

Awards

In 2005, Rahman received the volunteer of the year award for "inspiration" in the field of voluntary work. In 2006, he was one of five winner of the Community Champion Award by the UK Islamic Mission. In 2009, he was awarded Contribution to the community for London and South and the Channel S Awards. In the same year, he was awarded a second civic award and a community safety award for his journalism. In 2012, he was one of the winners of the Special Recognition Award at the Bangladesh Football Association annual Awards Ceremony. He has also made the shortlist for The Muslim News awards for excellence.

Personal life

Rahman lived Tower Hamlets, London, England since the age of one, before moving out 30 years later. He is still voluntarily and actively involved with community initiatives. Rahman now lives and works in Barking, London with his wife and three children.

Rahman is a running enthusiast, and has completed four 10-mile races, including competing in three consecutive London Marathons, raising funds for charity. On 29 August 2012, he carried the Paralympic Torch in Stratford, London.

Books

See also

• British Bangladeshi
• List of British Bangladeshis

External links

• Emdad Rahman on theguardian.com
• Football Poets website
• Emdad Rahman. The 100 – A disposable camera project, spanning 100 ages
• Blogger Emdad on a busy October's volunteering. Team London. 13 November 2013

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