Osama Saeed is one of Scotland’s foremost peace activists and human rights campaigners.
Osama has been listed as one of Scotland’s Top 100 thinkers and opinion formers by the Scotsman newspaper, one of the country’s “Brightest and Best” by the Sunday Herald, and has been described as Scotland’s most influential Muslim by the Sunday Times. He is a prominent media commentator and has appeared on BBC, SKY, CNN, Al-Jazeera and others. He has had articles published in the Guardian, Sunday Herald, Daily Mail and Scotsman newspapers.
After the Glasgow Airport terrorist attack in 2007, he organised what is considered the first ever Muslim organised demonstration against Al-Qaeda terrorism anywhere in the world. He played a central role in the movement against the Iraq war, and spoke at the historic demonstration of February 15th 2003.
He is an alumnus of the US State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program, and is currently CEO of an NGO.
Osama was born in Glasgow's Yorkhill Hospital and was brought up in the city. He wishes to put his talents and experience to serving the people of Glasgow Central as their MP at the next General Election. Osama is married with two children.
All views expressed in this blog are his own only.
