Sohail Husain

Sohail Husain was born in London in 1951. His mother, a German Jewish refugee, and his father, an Indian Muslim immigrant, scraped a living working the city's famous street markets.

After leaving school, he studied geography at the University of Nottingham and was awarded a PhD there in 1976. Subsequently, he enjoyed a varied career that included 12 years as a university lecturer, 17 years with an NGO dedicated to creating safer communities and 12 years as an adviser on UN programmes to prevent violence against women and girls.

Following retirement, he embarked on research into his family’s history that led to many amazing discoveries and ultimately to publication of his memoir, ‘Beyond Beliefs’.

Sohail has two daughters and five grandchildren, and has lived with his wife, Caroline, in south Hampshire for 50 years.