Shabana Mahmood MP visits Dialogue Society in Birmingham

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:30 in Discussion Forums

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Shabana Mahmood MP

Where: John Peek Conference Room, Birmingham & Midland Institute, Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BS
Date: 24 February 2012
Time: 13:30-14:30
With: Shabana Mahmood MP

Summary

The Dialogue Society, Birmingham Branch were honoured to host Shabana Mahmood MP, who visited to discuss the riots, their impact and the Dialogue Society’s plans to help. She was interested to hear about the Dialogue Society’s work in promoting social cohesion through dialogue and discussion forums, and in the new MA in Dialogue Studies launched by the Dialogue Society in partnership with Keele University last September.

Shabana said, ‘The Dialogue Society can offer something very important to the enhanced social cohesion of Birmingham. With their twelve years of experience and popular new MA in Dialogue Studies they have the tools required to work effectively with communities and I look forward to seeing how they develop their ideas to help Birmingham after the riots.’

Biography of Shabana Mahmood

Shabana Mahmood MP was born (17 September 1980) and brought up in Small Heath, Birmingham. Between 1981 and 1986 she lived with her family in Taif, Saudi Arabia, as her father relocated there to work as a civil engineer. When the family returned home to Birmingham, she was educated locally within Birmingham Ladywood constituency, at Small Heath School. She went on to study at the University of Oxford (Lincoln College) and graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Law. During her time at Oxford, she was elected JCR President and she was awarded the Ashurst Morris Crisp Prize for Best Performance in the Lawyer’s Ethics finals examination by the University.

After University, Shabana completed the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns Of Court School of Law, having been awarded a scholarship by Gray’s Inn. She completed her pupillage at 12 King’s Bench Walk chambers in London, after which she practised as an Employed Barrister, specialising in professional indemnity litigation. Shabana is an experienced litigator and has acted in several high value and complex cases.

Shabana was elected Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood constituency on 6 May 2010, with a majority of 10,105. She made history in becoming one of the first Muslim women, and one of the first Asian women, to be elected to Parliament.

In 2010, Shabana was promoted to the Shadow Home Office Team as a Junior Minister and more recently became the Shadow Minister for Higher Education.