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| birth_place = [[Hammersmith]], London, England

| residence = [[Ealing]], London, England

| education = BA [[Political Science|Political]] and [[Social Science]]s and Law, PhD Cultural Studies

| alma_mater = [[Cambridge University]]; [[University of East London]]

| occupation = Writer, columnist, politician, [[senior lecturer]], music DJ

| parents = Muhammad Huq (father)<br>Roshan Ara Huq (mother)

| relatives = Nutun Huq (sister)<br>[[Konnie Huq]] (sister)

'''Rupa Asha Huq''' (born 2 April 1972) is an English writer, columnist, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician, [[senior lecturer]] in sociology at [[Kingston University]] and former deputy mayor of the [[London Borough of Ealing]].

Huq's father, Muhammad Muszuddin Abedul Huq (born 1936),<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8053988/Konnie-Huq-my-family-wanted-me-to-marry-a-Muslim.html|title=Konnie Huq: my family wanted me to marry a Muslim|location= |work= |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date=|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="dailymail4">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1319297/X-Factor-2010-Xtra-Factor-host-Konnie-Huq-says-father-wanted-marry-Muslim--TVs-Charlie-Brooker.html|title=Xtra Factor host Konnie Huq says her father wanted her to marry a Muslim|location= |work= |publisher=''[[Mail Online]]''|date=|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> and mother, Roshan Ara Huq, came to Britain in the 1960s so their children could have good opportunities and a higher level of education than if they stayed in [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last=Lewis|first=Roz|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/8597181/Konnie-Huq-talks-about-money.html|title=Konnie Huq talks about money|location= |work= |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date=|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> Huq's father was training to become an actuary for [[Prudential plc|Prudential]], however gave it up to start an [[Indian cuisine|Indian restaurant]] in [[Soho]], London. After the [[Early 1990s recession|recession of the early 1990s]] the council did not renew the restaurant's lease so the business folded. They started another for a time in [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] but have since retired.<ref name="guardian2">{{cite news |last=Iziren|first=Adeline|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/may/29/konnie-huq-family-values|title=Konnie Huq: My family values|location= |work= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref>

Huq attended [[Notting Hill & Ealing High School]]. In 1993, she graduated with a [[British undergraduate degree classification#Upper second-class honours|2:1]] BA from [[Cambridge University]] in [[Political Science|political]] and [[Social Science]]s and [[Bachelor of Laws|law]]. In 1999, she completed a PhD in cultural studies thesis on youth culture at the [[University of East London]],<ref name="fass.kingston">{{cite web |url=http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/faculty/staff/cv.php?staffnum=328|title=Dr Rupa Huq|publisher=Kingston University|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> comparing young people in [[East London]] and the [[Alsace]] region of France,<ref name="gdc">{{cite web |url=http://gdc.cch.kcl.ac.uk/speakers/|title=Dr Rupa Huq |publisher=Girls & Digital Culture|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}} Rupa Huq</ref> which included being a post-graduate at [[Marc Bloch University|Strasbourg II University]] in France during which time she also worked at the [[European Parliament]] for the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].<ref name="huffingtonpost"/>

From 1998 to 2004, Huq was a lecturer at [[University of Manchester]],<ref name="fass.kingston"/> during which she held a Leverhulme Trust Fellowship.<ref name="kingston">{{cite web |url=http://www.kingston.ac.uk/pressoffice/findanexpert/profile/25/Rupa-Huq/|title=Dr Rupa Huq |publisher=Kingston University|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref>

Since September 2004, Huq has been a senior lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at [[Kingston University]]<ref name="gdc"/> in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.<ref name="kingston"/>

Huq has a column in [[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]], and regularly contributes to the [[The Guardian]], [[New Statesman]] and Progress magazine.<ref name="makejusticework">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.makejusticework.org.uk/ambassador/rupa-huq/|title=Make Justice Work Ambassador: Rupa Huq|location= |work= |publisher=''Make Justice Work''|year=2012|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref>

Huq's research specialism has chiefly been youth culture and pop music.<ref name="gdc"/> In 2006, her book "Beyond Subculture: youth, pop and identity in a post-colonial world” on these themes was published. It was subsequently one of five titles shortlisted for the 2007 British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Memorial prize.<ref name="kingston"/>

In 2006, she released her first book, “Beyond Subculture,” which was shortlisted for the British Sociological Association Philip Abrams prize.<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-rupa-huq/|title=Dr Rupa Huq|location= |work= |publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]''|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> In May 2012, she is due to release her second book,“Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture".<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://books.telegraph.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9781780932248|title=Konnie Huq: My family values|location= |work= |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="bloomsburyacademic">{{cite web |url=http://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/Making-Sense-of-Suburbia-through-Popular-Culture/book-ba-9781780932576.xml|title= Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref>

Huq has been a researcher for [[Tony Banks, Baron Stratford|Tony Banks]] and [[Patricia Hewitt]] In 2004, Huq stood as a parliamentary candidate for [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] in the European Parliament [[European Parliament election, 2004|election]] in the North West.<ref name="huffingtonpost"/><ref name="independent">{{cite news |last=Jarvis|first=Alice-Azania|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-blue-peter-konnies-sister-takes-red-corner-1939665.html|title=Pandora: 'Blue Peter' Konnie's sister takes red corner|location= |work= |publisher=''[[The Independent]]''|date=|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref>

In 2005, she stood as the Labour [[Prospective parliamentary candidate|parliamentary candidate]] in the [[safe seat|safe]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] seat of [[Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesham and Amersham]] in Buckinghamshire (Conservative majority of 11,882) at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 general election]].<ref name="telegraphindia">{{cite news |last=Roy|first=Amit|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070429/asp/7days/story_7710878.asp|title=Bangla babes rule Britannia|location=Calcutta|work= |publisher=''[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]''|date=|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> She received 6,610 votes,<ref name="independent"/> however lost to the Conservative candidate, [[Cheryl Gillan]].{{citation needed|date=February 2013}}

Huq was one of three Labour candidates campaigning for a council seat in Walpole, in the constituency of Ealing.<ref name="independent"/> In 2010, after the [[United Kingdom local elections, 2010|local elections]], she became the deputy mayor of the [[London Borough of Ealing]] for the municipal year 2010<ref name="guardian3">{{cite news |last=Huq|first=Rupa|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/28/mayoress-ealing-local-government|title=Why a ceremonial figurehead can mean progress|location= |work= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> – 2011.<ref name="guardian4">{{cite news |last=Huq|first=Rupa|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/13/ealing-suburbs-riots|title=In Ealing, the sound of the suburbs shedding their leafy reputation|location= |work= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref>

On 2 November 2013 Huq became the Labour Party's parliamentary candidate in the Ealing Central and Acton constituency for the 2015 general election.<ref>https://twitter.com/IainMcNicol/status/396921645346336768</ref>

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==Personal life==

Huq has a son, Rafi, (born 2004).<ref name="bucksfreepress">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/590792.chesham_amersham_rupa_huq_labour/|title=Chesham & Amersham: Rupa Huq (Labour)|location= |work= |publisher=''Chesham and Amersham''|date=|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> Huq's elder sister, Nutun, is an architect.<ref name="dailymail2">{{cite news |last=Bedford|first=Alice|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-504035/Konnie-Huq-rides-Blue-Peter.html|title=Konnie Huq rides out from Blue Peter|location= |work= |publisher=''[[Mail Online]]''|date=|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> Her younger sister is former [[Blue Peter]] presenter, [[Konnie Huq]].<ref name="dailymail3">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1080680/Rupa-lands-left-Huq-Blair-lite-Cameron.html|title=Rupa lands a left Huq on 'Blair-lite' Cameron|location= |work= |publisher=''[[Mail Online]]''|date=|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="dailymail1">{{cite news |last=Saner|first= Emine|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-417714/Blue-Peter-Konnies-sister-blasts-bid-spy-Muslim-students.html|title=Blue Peter Konnie's sister blasts bid to 'spy on Muslim students'|location= |work= |publisher=''[[Mail Online]]''|date=|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> In 2008, her father was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]].<ref name="mirror">{{cite news |last=Saner|first=Emine|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/jobs/exclusive-konnie-huq-reveals-why-she-became-397573|title=Exclusive: Konnie Huq reveals why she became a volunteer|location= |work= |publisher=''[[Daily Mirror]]''|date=|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref>

Huq is also a music DJ under the stage name "Dr Huq,”<ref name="huffingtonpost"/> and has recorded a jingle for [[John Peel]] in [[Bengali language|Bengali]].{{citation needed|date=February 2013}}

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*[http://www.rupahuq.co.uk/ Official Website]

*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/rupahuq Rupa Huq] on ''[[guardian.co.uk]]''

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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Writer and politician

| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Hammersmith]], London, England

[[Category:People from Hammersmith]]