Sadiya Ahmed is a freelance heritage consultant and founder of Everyday Muslim, preserving underrepresented Muslim histories in Britain. She leads archival, educational, and digital projects, and collaborates with universities, museums, and cultural organisations to amplify overlooked narratives through partnerships, exhibitions, and public engagement across the UK.

Sarah Ansari is a historian of South Asia at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research and teaching explore the impact of Partition over the short and longer terms. She is a former academic member of the Partition History Project and former Co-Chair of the Partition Education Project.  Her latest monograph—with William Gould, Boundaries of Belonging; Localities, Citizenship and Rights in India and Pakistan (2019)—explores intersections between localities, citizenship and rights as these played out in the years immediately following Independence and Partition.  She is currently President of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Jasvir is a prolific community activist and leading figure in the British South Asian community. He’s a practising family law barrister and a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day. He’s a trustee and patron of several regional and national charities within the faith and minorities sector, including City Sikhs and the Faiths Forum for London. He is also the Co-Founder of South Asian Heritage Month, an annual awareness month which celebrates and commemorates South Asian arts, culture, history and identity. He was awarded an OBE in 2017 and a CBE in 2023 for his extensive community work.

Layli Uddin is a Lecturer in  Politics and International Relations of South Asia at Queen Mary University of London. Her research examines the politics of resistance amongst marginalized groups in the context of decolonization, state formation and the Cold War. More broadly, she is interested in liberation theologies and social movements in the Global South. Layli is currently writing her first book, ‘Land of Eternal Eid’, offering an alternative history of the 1947 partition and the formation of Bangladesh.  Layli is an advisor to Jamhoor, a  left media organisation; Bangladesh on Record, a digital archive project; and Lokayoto Bidyaloy, a campaign and advocacy group in Bangladesh. 

Martin Spafford is a retired history teacher who has taught courses including the history of partition. He and his have students worked with  Everyday Muslim on several occasions. As a member of BASA he has helped lobby for the inclusion of diverse histories in the curriculum, and then co-wrote textbooks and learning resources for the first GCSE courses on the history of migration to Britain. He helped with the Runnymede Trust’s Our Migration Story and Beyond Banglatown projects, and is a member of the Migration Museum’s education committee and an Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association and the Schools History Project.

Bhupinder Singh Bhasin is the General Secretary of the Pothohar Association UK Trustee of the Inter Faith Youth Trust. He is also a successful Hotelier/Property Developer.

Producer of the Children of Partition documentary and the Rekindling Pothohar Exhibition exploring the origins of the Sikh community in the Pothohar region of West Punjab and how this community was dispersed after the Partition of India. The Association organises an Annual Lecture and various events such as the Punjabi Musical Mela. ThePothohar.com

Manasi Pophale is a creative consultant specialising in contested heritage and decolonizing spaces. She is the Creative Director of History Speak – a London based practice that engages with community groups, heritage organisations and members of the public through workshops and walking tours. She has worked in collaboration with the office of the Mayor of London, Historic Royal Palaces, Museums Association and independent theatre makers and storytellers. Find out more and get in touch on www.historyspeak.co.uk

The streets of London are full of history, and stories from Sikh & Punjab History are brought to life through walking tours by Rav Singh, founder of A little History of the Sikhs. A little History of the Sikhs is a community initiative that works to translate research in modern-day Sikh history and heritage into walking tours in London, day trips in the South-East of England and study visits to destinations in the UK and across Western Europe. The work of his team is featured on the website: www.alittlehistoryofthesikhs.org

Dr Priya Atwal is the Community History Fellow at the University of Oxford. Her specialist academic research focuses on the history of modern monarchy, empire and politics across Britain and South Asia, and she is the author of Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire. Priya’s research expertise overlaps with an active engagement in the theory and practice of community and public history, and she is currently building an innovative, inclusive new hub for co-produced research and public engagement activity with a range of community partners at Oxford’s History Faculty. 

Aditi Kumar’s scholarship interrogates the role of art and culture in the formation of postcolonial nation-states and national or regional identities of the Global South. In particular, she has worked to redefine the intellectual scope of history as a discipline, with reference to the South Asia and diaspora communities in Europe specifically in the UK.

She is presently a postdoc fellow at the Warwick Interdisciplinary Centre for International Development, University of Warwick. Through her ongoing work on diaspora communities, she aims to reconceptualise Partition of British India as an ongoing and unfinished aspect of colonisation which underpins contemporary international conflicts.

Having followed the amazing work done by EMHAI I chose to join as a volunteer in early 2023, working with a fantastic team of individuals to create the EMHAI ten-year Impact Report. Coming from a healthcare background, I have had the opportunity to engage with a plethora of people from Britain’s multicultural communities. Growing up as a third generation British South Asian I have grown up with tales about Partition and the struggles to integrate into society. I am excited to work with the team at EMHAI to honour the lives and stories of generations of South Asians.

Shireen Ali-Khan; engagement specialist, founder, public speaker, podcast host, trainer and workshop facilitator who is passionate about people and the human experience. Her personal style of relatability and authority sets her apart from others. Creating a safe space to delve deep into the hard topics such as mental health, inclusion and diversity, stakeholder engagement and leadership, Shireen takes participants on a journey to success.

With a background in project and programme management, engagement, governance and impact assessment and believes in creating pathways for learners where they can demonstrate their learning in a safe environment.