Razia iqbal biography of martin lawrence

The first question that Razia Iqbal asked me when we began our interview, was why I had pursued her for a call. The root of the question, though, was why her? I considered complimenting her profusely about her career, which I do very much admire, or just be honest. I took the latter approach and told her how it is not often that I, a Punjabi woman from Bangkok, hear or see of another Punjabi woman on screen or on the radio.

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Not just a Punjabi woman, but one from various cities and backgrounds. But I already knew all of this from my research. Iqbal has had a long-spanning career, has met amazing people like Sting and Jacqueline Wilson, and is still forging on. But what set her apart from anyone else in the journalism sphere, for me, was her upbringing. Born in Uganda, Iqbal and her family lived in Nairobi until she was 8-years-old.

As an 8-year-old when she first moved to London, Iqbal described her classmates as consisting of mainly white students or Afro-Caribbean. She was the only one of Asian descent in her high school.