Our Team
Awais Hussain
Awais is the co-founder of Apna Heritage, a vision which has evolved from years of researching the community. He is a doctoral student of Linguistics at the University of York, focusing on the syntax of Indo-Aryan languages. He is involved in numerous heritage projects, including Apna Bradford, as well as documenting Pahari-Pothwari language varieties.
Dr Mediah Ahmed
Nabeela Ahmed
Nabeela oversees our Language & Literature portal. A writer, multilingual poet, and spoken word artist, she published her novella Despite Our Differences in 2018. She teaches creative writing and performs readings in schools, libraries, and festivals like The Brontës Wild Women Festival. Nabeela has compiled two anthologies from these sessions and hosts Bradford Writes, a platform for local writers. She also organized Britain’s only public Pahari Mushaira through the Intercultured Festival.