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Aminul Hoque

MBE
Native name
আমিনুল হক
Born1970s
Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
OccupationLecturer, writer, freelance journalist, broadcaster
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Sussex
GenreNon-fiction
SubjectYoung people, cultural identity
Years active2004–present
Notable awardsPhilip Lawrence Award
Children3

Aminul Hoque, MBE (Bengali: আমিনুল হক) is a Bangladeshi-born British lecturer and writer.

Early life

Hoque was born in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh. Hoque's father had been living and working in Britain since the early 1960s so the rest of his family joined him in 1980.[1]

Hoque grew up in a predominantly

Bangladeshi neighbourhood in Tower Hamlets. His early memories were of extreme poverty, overcrowding and experiencing racism. Hoque graduated from the University of Sussex.[1]

Career

Hoque is a lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies at Goldsmiths, and a visiting lecturer at London Metropolitan University.[2]

Hoque's writing and work focuses on issues of multicultural Britain, identity, social justice, youth policy, religion and race relations.[3] In 2015, his book British-Islamic Identity: Third-generation Bangladeshis from East London was published.[4][5][6]

In February 2015, he contributed in a discussion regarding the

Nihal on BBC Asian Network.[8] In May of the same year, he contributed on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.[9]

Hoque's background is in youth, community and voluntary work. He is an expert in young people and cultural identity.[3] Most of his community work is in Tower Hamlets.[6] Hoque is also a freelance journalist and broadcaster.[6]

Awards and recognition

In 2008, Hoque was appointed a

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours for his services to youth justice in East London. In 2005, he received a Philip Lawrence Award. In 2004, his radio documentary Islamic Pride was shortlisted for the Sony Awards.[6]

Personal life

Hoque has three children.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Hoque, Aminul (15 November 2013). "I'm a British Bangladeshi Muslim academic: it's about confidence". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 June 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "British-Islamic identity of East End teens explored in new book". Goldsmiths news. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Dr Aminul Hoque". London Festival of Education 2015. February 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  4. Amazon.co.uk
    . 27 February 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  5. ^ Mohua, Mafruha (28 May 2015). "British-Islamic Identity: Third-Generation Bangladeshis from East London, by Aminul Hoque". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 1 June 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^
    East London Advertiser. Retrieved 1 June 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help
    )
  7. ^ a b "23/02/2015". Newsdrive. BBC Radio Scotland. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Cite error: The named reference "bbcradioscotland" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  8. ^ "21/04/2015". BBC Asian Network. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  9. ^ "06/03/2015". Today. BBC Radio 4. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

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