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IOL Radio Head & Producer/Presenter: During her schooldays, Bibi-Aisha was intensely involved in drama and public-speaking. Her classmates voted that she would become a famous broadcaster. However, she chose to pursue her love for science, majoring in Physiology & Microbiology. At university, she was elected Media Officer of the SRC. This allowed her to indulge her passion for media. But journalism proved to be a higher calling. After deciding to leave contact-based university and study through correspondence, she joined a community radio station on a holiday stint. She has dabbled in print media, but radio simply seduced her. She then went on to serve as a senior news anchor at a World Space station, Channel Islam International. A year-long sojourn in Egypt saw her working for the award-winning website Islamonline.net. There she combined her love for writing and radio, broadcasting a talk show via audio-streaming. After being sent to Lebanon after the war on assignment, Bibi-Aisha had an epiphany and realised journalism was her calling. In November 2007, she landed her dream job of presenting a current affairs show at SAfm (South Africa’s national radio station). In January 2009 she returned to Egypt where she now heads up IOL Radio. |
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Producer/Presenter: Emmy has lived and worked in her native Singapore, as well as London and the Netherlands. She received a BA English & European Studies (National University of Singapore) and BA Arabic & Islamic Studies (School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London). Emmy has a decade of experience in planning, producing and managing arts projects, working with such organisations as the National Arts Council (Singapore), The Necessary Stage (Singapore), National Museum of Singapore and Dende Collective (London). Most recently she is a founding member of Aenimae, a performing arts platform based in The Hague, the Netherlands. Emmy is interested in cultural aggregations, negotiations and appropriations, with a specific gaze on Islam and the Muslim world. |
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Hassan Isilow is a holder of a bachelor’s degree in Mass communication and is currently pursing a Masters degree in International relations.
He is a senior Africa correspondent, who has worked for a number of Media houses on the continent. He has appeared on many International broadcast media’s as an African analyst. You can reach him at
hisilow@yahoo.com
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Mudassar Shah is a freelance journalist based in Pakistan. Fluent in Pashto, Urdu and English, he reports regularly from the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas, including Waziristan, the Swat Valley, Islamabad, and Afghanistan. His files regularly for Pacifica Radio’s Free Speech Radio News, Asia Caling, and various other radio and print media organizations. His reporting focuses on socioeconomic issues that affect Pakistanis and Afghans, such as the conditions in refugee camps, the effects of Sharia law on tribal communities, the collapse of Pakistani’s judicial system and health related issues along with AIDS. Shah has been writing articles and analysis for different local and international newspapers regularly on different issues. The native of FATA holds six master’s of arts degrees, including in mass communications and Islamic studies. Shah also speaks conversational Farsi and Punjabi. |
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Omneya Ayad is a holder of a bachelor degree of Journalism and Mass Communication as well as double minors in Political Science and Business Administration from the American University in Cairo. She is currently pursuing a bachelor degree of Islamic studies from the International Academy of Sufi and Arabic studies. She is the former assistant editor of About Muhammad page in www.readingislam.com. She is currently a presenter/producer in Islamonline.net English radio as well as a freelance writer and her work is published in various media outlets online. You can reach her at
omneyaayad@yahoo.com. |
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