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Talk: My Parents’ Story: from Sylhet to Cambridge
Tuesday, 9 February, 2021 , 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Our February talk is from award-winning author, writer and publisher Shahida Rahman.
My family has been part of the fabric of Cambridge for over 60 years. My late father was a successful restauranteur who settled on Mill Road. Listen to the story of one of the earliest settlers from East Pakistani (now Bangladesh) in Cambridge.
Shahida was born and raised in Cambridge. She currently works at Cambridge Assessment and is a trustee of Cambridge Central Mosque and the Karim Foundation and an advisor at The Museum of Cambridge. With her son Ibrahim she recently launched the Cambridge Muslim Heritage Project to explore the untold stories of Muslims who lived in Cambridge before the 1960s. You can read some of her work on Capturing Cambridge.
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The meeting will also be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/millroadhistory/ and can be watched there instead.
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