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Ehsan Masood is a science journalist and the Editor of the research funding-news service, Research Professional. He teaches science and innovation policy at Imperial College and is author of several books, including The Great Invention: The Story of GDP and the Making and Unmaking of the Modern World (Pegasus, 2016) and Science and Islam: A History (Icon, 2009), a tie-in for a BBC television and radio series.

He has also made a number of documentaries for BBC radio, including Science: Right or Left, which explores the reasons why centre-right politicians are turning away from the scientific consensus. Ehsan has previously worked as a writer and editor at Nature and New Scientist. He will be discussing his book "Science and Islam."

Yasser Latif Hamdani is a Human Rights Barrister and author based in Pakistan. Mr. Hamdani was completed his undergrad training at Rutgers University, US, law degrees from Punjab University and University of Management Sciences in Pakistan and was called to the bar at Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in London. He has a keen interest in history and constitutional law. He will be discussing the book "Jinnah: A Life."

Shrabani Basu is a journalist and Sunday Times best-selling author. Her books include the critically acclaimed The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer: Arthur Conan Doyle, George Edalji and the Case of the Foreigner in the English Village, For King and Another Country: Indian Soldiers on the Western Front 1914-18, Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan, and Curry: The Story of the Nation’s Favourite Dish. She has always combined her skills as a journalist with her love of history and focused on the hidden stories thrown up by 200 years of British rule in India. She will be discussing her book ​Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen’s Closest Confidant (now a major Oscar-nominated motion picture starring Dame Judi Dench and Ali Fazal).

Dr Sadia Mohammed is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist based in Scotland (UK). She also co-hosts the YouTube channel “Gupshup with Dr Sadia and Dr Saman,” an Urdu chat show reviewing the portrayal of mental illness/mental health issues in Pakistani dramas. She is passionate about Islamic learning and self-development. She wrote her book "Secrets to Infinite Success: 99 Life Lessons for Young Muslims," for her two daughters and other young people like them.

Jeremiah Hammerling is an Emmy award winning filmmaker and co-founder of Endless Eye. His work has been featured on CNN, ESPN, PBS, AJ+, NPR and in top festivals worldwide. He will be discussing the poet Iqbal's relevance to the modern world.

Friederike Voigt is Principal Curator at National Museums Scotland, responsible for the collections from West, South and Southeast Asia. Much of her research centres around the museum’s acquisition history and its relation to the collecting interests of Scots in the 18th and 19th centuries. She is a specialist in 19th century Iranian material culture and has published widely on the role of ceramic crafts in facilitating social change during the Qajar period. Currently, she is working on a book that explores the Iranian collection at National Museums Scotland with a focus on individual and collective ideas of home and how they are expressed in objects of art, fashion and material culture.

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