Muslim Writers Awards

2008 March 31
by Pete Ashton

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Caption: “Aliya Vaughan, Muslim Writer of the Year 2008, look in awe at the guest of honour Jermaine Jackson as he presents her with her Award. In the background stand the judges who reviewed the 10,000 entries that were received. Aliya is aged 37 and hails from Brixton in South London.”

The Muslim Writer of the Year 2008 awards ceremony took place on Saturday at the ICC, presented by none other than Jermaine Jackson. West Midlands winners were former Guantanamo detainee Moazzem Beg (Published Writer) and Kashif Choudry (Short Story)

Annoyingly the press release I was sent isn’t on the awards site or the council’s page so I’ve popped it online here.

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3 Responses
  1. 2008 March 31
    Aliya Vaughan permalink

    Congratulations on being the first off the press! How else can we make you look good – want to be the first to recieve a comment from the Writer of the Year, Herself?

  2. 2008 April 3
    Kashif Choudhry permalink

    Cogratulations to Aliya, and all the other winners. I think it’s great that you covered the event in your blog, and on this fantastic site! We need to make sure the event stays local as it increases in size- ‘Created in Birmingham’ (much like myself)

  3. 2009 June 26
    madina permalink

    congrats 2 aliya, nd jermaine jackson i love…….

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