Dr. Maryyum Mehmood
Dr Maryyum Mehmood has over 15 years of experience in intra and inter faith engagement and is the Founding Director of The SHIFT, which enhances religious and cultural literacy, and tackles spiritual abuse, gender-based violence and racism. She is advisor to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner of England and Wales, leading on BME, deaf and disabled and elderly survivors. She was formerly the Associate Director of the Edward Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding of Religion, University of Birmingham, and holds a PhD in Antisemitism and Islamophobia from the Department of War Studies, King’s College London.