Abstract
This obituary offers some personal memories of Fuad Nahdi (1957–2020), based on my interactions with him, as well as some reflections on the historic importance of Q-News, the British Muslim periodical Nahdi founded, which was published between 1992 and 2006, partly based on short impromptu interviews done with some who worked on the magazine with Nahdi. In Q-News, Nahdi created the most consequential UK Muslim publication of its day and helped shape how a whole generation of young Muslims saw their identity and faith. He should be remembered alongside Abdullah Quilliam (1856–1932) and Dr Kalim Siddiqui (1931–1996) as among the great journalists-cum-activists that British Islam has produced.
Highlights
This obituary offers some personal memories of Fuad Nahdi (1957–2020), based on my interactions with him, as well as some reflections on the historic importance of Q-News, the British
It is hard to think of life as a Muslim in Britain without recalling the presence of Fuad Nahdi
On the day that Sidi Fuad passed away, Saturday, 21 March 2020, once I steadied myself after the initial wave of shock and grief, I joined others in trying to ensure that his passing was marked in an appropriate way
Summary
It is hard to think of life as a Muslim in Britain without recalling the presence of Fuad Nahdi (1 June 1957–21 March 2020) within it, may God have mercy on him, as he touched so many of our lives, directly and indirectly. He came to London in 1983 to train at City University as a journalist and had an incredible career He worked and wrote for Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Arab News, The Nation, ABC News, Crescent International, Africa Events, and the BBC World Service. He contributed journalism and commentary to The Economist, The Independent, The Guardian, The New York Times, The New Statesman, Arab News, Mail & Guardian (South Africa), the BBC, Arabia Magazine, Asahi Shimbun, Channel 4, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and others. Fuad Nahdi was a catalytic figure who helped to inspire a confident, outward-looking, progressive, and yet cosmopolitan British Islam He had been ill for several years and was among the first of the Muslim community’s elders to be diagnosed with the Covid-19 infection. It certainly does not attempt to capture the whole of Fuad’s complex and multifaceted life, but only my memories and reflections of him, peppered with some of those who worked with him on the magazine
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