Sajda Mughal
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Sajda Mughal, OBE is best known as being a survivor of the 7 July 2005 London Bombings. She is the director of the JAN Trust, a charity which provides support to vulnerable and marginalised women through empowerment and raising awareness of issues relating to extremism, violence and women's rights.[1][2][3][4]
Mughal is a contributor to various new outlets, including The Independent,[5] The Times,[6] HuffPost,[2] OpenDemocracy,[7] Metro.[8]
She has appeared on several television programmes, including Lorraine,[9][10] Victoria Derbyshire,[11] and Channel 5.[12]
She is married and has two daughters.[13]
Mughal is a survivor of the terrorist attack that took place on 7 July 2005, which took place in London.[13] She was 22 at the time, and was working as the head of recruitment at an investment bank.[13] She is the only Muslim survivor of the attack.[14]
In 2007, following the attack Mughal quit her job and was appointed as the director of the JAN Trust, where she focused on counter-terrorism.[15]
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As well as working with JAN Trust, Mughal has campaigned towards raising awareness of Islamophobia and its effects on British Muslims, particularly women.[4]
She has spoken out against the UK government's Prevent strategy, which she has described as not successfully achieving its purpose of protecting and safeguarding communities.[5]
Mughal has also criticised government cuts to mental health services, citing her own struggles in obtaining support for her recovery process following the 7/7 attacks.[16]