Abdul-Rehman Malik is London-based journalist and educator. A contributing editor at Q-News - a leading Muslim current affairs magazine, he is currently senior project manager for the Radical Middle Way, a community-led initiative that seeks to encourage critical civic participation and the values of public service, mercy and social justice amongst young British Muslims.

A Canadian by birth, Abdul-Rehman was a columnist on religious affairs for one of Canada’s leading national dailies, The Toronto Star, from 1998 to 2003. An experienced educator and activist teaching history and dramatic arts, he began working as a freelance journalist attached to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 2001 and his radio documentary entitled “Ramadan at Ground Zero” - a look at New York’s Muslim community in the aftermath of 9/11 - was nominated for a prestigious Peabody Award.

A long-time local and national community activist, he was founding chair of the Ihya Foundation, a Toronto-based educational and advocacy initiative formalised after the 9/11 tragedy. Abdul-Rehman also served on the board of the Urban Alliance on Race Relations. Abdul-Rehman came to London in 2003 and completed his MSc at the London School of Economics in Social Policy where his original research looked at the role of Muslim Voluntary Sector organisations in the British policy process.

He continues to work regularly for the CBC and has written for The Observer, openDemocracy.net, Eurozine, Lettre Internationale (Denmark), Kulturaustauch (Germany), Index on Censorship and Green Futures as well as fixing, contributing analysis, comment and research to the BBC, Sky News, RTE, The New York Times and other global media organisations. Abdul-Rehman was the lead researcher and associate producer on “A War Within” a feature CNN documentary on Britain’s Muslim communities which was broadcast in early 2007.

He occasionally blogs on The Guardian’s influential comment site Comment is Free. Abdul-Rehman also reviews arts and culture for the BBC World Service. Abdul-Rehman continues to work with young people in exploring Muslim identity and belonging through drama and has been working as a theatre workshop leader since 2003 with the An Nisa Society.