Emran Mian

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Dr. Emran Mian OBE (born 1978) is a British Pakistani author and civil servant.

Life and career[]

He also publishes under the pseudonym Kamran Nazeer. Emran was born in Glasgow where he studied law. Deciding not to become a lawyer, he then went to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge for his PhD and finally joined the British civil service as a policy adviser in Whitehall.[1][2] He now lives in London with his French wife.

His first book, Send In the Idiots: Stories From the Other Side of Autism, was published in March 2006 under his penname.[3] He is also a frequent contributor to Prospect magazine.[4]

Awards and nominations[]

Mian was appointed an OBE in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours.[5]

In January 2014, Mian was nominated for the Civil Servant of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards.[6]

Selected works[]

  • Send In the Idiots: Stories From the Other Side of Autism, ISBN 1-58234-619-4
  • "The Curious Case of Exclusionary Reasons", Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Volume XV, Number 1 (January 2002) pp. 99–124
  • "Mandarin intellectuals", Prospect (July 2006)

References[]

  1. ^ Ree, Jonathan (24 August 2006). "Send in the Idiots, by Kamran Nazeer". The Independent. Archived from the original on 10 April 2007.
  2. ^ Bloomsbury.com. "Bloomsbury Author Information - Kamran Nazeer".
  3. ^ Yow, Ann E. (14 April 2006). ""Send In the Idiots": Bonded by autism — a class reunion". The Seattle Times.
  4. ^ Prospect Magazine. "Articles written by Kamran Nazeer".
  5. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jun/11/queens-birthday-honours-obe
  6. ^ "British Muslim Awards 2014 winners". Asian Image. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
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