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{{infobox person {{infobox person
| name = Faiza Shaheen | name = Faiza Shaheen
| image = Faiza_0361.jpg | image = FaizaShaheen.jpg
| caption = Shaheen in 2023 | caption = Shaheen in 2021
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1982}} | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1982}}
| birth_place = ], England | birth_place = ], England
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| notable_works = ''Know Your Place'' | notable_works = ''Know Your Place''
| party = ] (2015–2024)<br>] (2024–present) | party = ] (2015–2024)<br>] (2024–present)
| spouse = ] | spouse = Akin Gazi
| children = 1 | children = 1
| website = {{URL|faizashaheen.co.uk}} | website = {{URL|faizashaheen.co.uk}}
}} }}
'''Faiza Shaheen''' (born 1982) is a British ] and ] in the field of ]. In 2018, she was selected to be the ] for ] for ], coming second in the ] to the incumbent, ]. In 2023, her first book, ''Know Your Place'', was published. '''Faiza Shaheen''' (born 1982) is a British ] and ] in the field of ].


Shaheen was again selected by her local party in 2022 to stand for the constituency but was not endorsed by Labour after the ] was announced. Shaheen stood as an independent but was not elected. In 2018, she was selected as the ] for ] in ], coming second in the ] to the incumbent, ]. Shaheen was again selected by her local party in 2022 to stand in the constituency but was not endorsed by Labour in the ]. Shaheen stood as an independent in the constituency but was not elected.

In 2023, her first book, ''Know Your Place'', was published.


==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==
Shaheen was born in 1982<ref name = faiza2>{{cite web |last=Shaheen |first=Faiza |website=Faiza for Chingford and Woodford Green |url=https://www.faizashaheen.co.uk/why-you-should-vote-for-faiza|title=Why Faiza Shaheen? |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref><ref name=williams1>{{cite news |title='How can they treat people like this?' Faiza Shaheen on Labour – and why she's running as an independent |last=Williams |first=Zoe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/05/how-can-they-treat-people-like-this-faiza-shaheen-on-labour-and-why-shes-running-as-an-independent?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other |work=Guardian |date= |access-date=5 June 2024 }}</ref> in ], ], in East London<ref name=faiza1>{{cite web |last=Shaheen |first=Faiza |website=Faiza for Chingford and Woodford Green |url=https://www.faizashaheen.co.uk/ |title=Home |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref> and grew up in ], also in East London.<ref name=Berrill1>{{cite news |last=Berrill |first=Lewis |date=26 November 2019 |title=Candidates clash at Chingford and Woodford Green election hustings |url=https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/18061105.candidates-clash-chingford-woodford-green-election-hustings/ |work= East London and West Essex Guardian Series |location=East London |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref> Her father was a car mechanic from ] and her mother was a ] from ], Pakistan, where they met.<ref name=roberts /><ref name=Huffpost1 /><ref name=Eaton1 /><ref name=FSX3>{{cite web |last1=Shaheen |title= Faiza Shaheen on Instagram| first1=Faiza |work=Instagram | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BQu1Qkjh4ZN/ |date=20 February 2017 | accessdate=26 May 2024}}</ref> She has a brother and a sister.<ref name=Eaton1 /> Shaheen was born in 1982 in ], ], in East London and grew up in ].<ref name=Williams/> Her father was a car mechanic from ] and her mother was a ] from ], Pakistan, where they met.<ref name=roberts /><ref name=Huffpost1 /><ref name=Eaton1 /><ref name=FSX3>{{cite web |last1=Shaheen |title= Faiza Shaheen on Instagram| first1=Faiza |work=Instagram | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BQu1Qkjh4ZN/ |date=20 February 2017 | accessdate=26 May 2024}}</ref> She has a brother and a sister.<ref name=Eaton1 />


She attended Chingford Church of England Primary School,<ref name = Langton1>{{cite news |last=Langton |first=Kaisha |date=2 February 2019 |title=Labour candidate for the Chingford and Woodford Green MP speaks out about why she thinks she is right for the job |url=https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/17404792.labour-candidate-chingford-woodford-green-mp-speaks-thinks-right-job/ |work= East London and West Essex Guardian Series|location=East London |access-date= 26 February 2024}}</ref> ] and ] in ].<ref name=KnowYourPlace1>{{cite book |last=Shaheen |first=Faiza |author-link=Faiza Shaheen |year=2023 |title=Know Your Place |url= |location=London |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1398505377}}</ref> Her first job at the age of 16 was at ] the bakers in ].<ref name=faiza1/> She attended Chingford Church of England Primary School,<ref name = Langton1>{{cite news |last=Langton |first=Kaisha |date=2 February 2019 |title=Labour candidate for the Chingford and Woodford Green MP speaks out about why she thinks she is right for the job |url=https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/17404792.labour-candidate-chingford-woodford-green-mp-speaks-thinks-right-job/ |work= East London and West Essex Guardian Series|location=East London |access-date= 26 February 2024}}</ref> ] and ] in ].<ref name=KnowYourPlace1>{{cite book |last=Shaheen |first=Faiza |author-link=Faiza Shaheen |year=2023 |title=Know Your Place |url= |location=London |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1398505377}}</ref> Her first job was at ] in ].<ref name=Ramaswamy/><ref>{{cite news |last=Marcelline |first=Marco |title=Labour criticised for putting up election poster in Chingford Mount Greggs |url=https://walthamforestecho.co.uk/2024/06/07/labour-criticised-for-putting-up-election-poster-in-chingford-mount-greggs/ |website=Waltham Forest Echo |date=7 June 2024 |access-date=13 July 2024}}</ref> After studying ] at ],<ref name=Huffpost1 >{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/faiza-shaheen-iain-duncan-smith-out_uk_5b5f058fe4b0b15aba9af31e|title=Faiza Shaheen: 'I Feel A Duty To My Country To Take Iain Duncan Smith Out'|author=|date=7 August 2018|website=HuffPost UK|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref> Shaheen studied at the ], being awarded an MSc in Research Methods & Statistics and a ].<ref name=shelter-bio>{{cite web |url=https://england.shelter.org.uk/support_us/campaigns/a_vision_for_social_housing/dr_faiza_shaheen |title=Dr Faiza Shaheen |website=Shelter |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref> Her doctoral thesis (2008) was ''Identifying 'at-risk' neighbourhoods: Exploring the scope for an Index of Area Vulnerability.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.librarysearch.manchester.ac.uk/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma992983073011201631&context=L&vid=44MAN_INST:MU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&isFrbr=true&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Faiza%20Shaheen&sortby=date_d&facet=frbrgroupid,include,9084760695729340552&offset=0 | title =|publisher=University of Manchester Library|access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref>
After reading ] at ],<ref name=Huffpost1 >{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/faiza-shaheen-iain-duncan-smith-out_uk_5b5f058fe4b0b15aba9af31e|title=Faiza Shaheen: 'I Feel A Duty To My Country To Take Iain Duncan Smith Out'|author=|date=7 August 2018|website=HuffPost UK|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref> Shaheen studied at the ], being awarded an MSc in Research Methods & Statistics and a ].<ref name=shelter-bio>{{cite web |url=https://england.shelter.org.uk/support_us/campaigns/a_vision_for_social_housing/dr_faiza_shaheen |title=Dr Faiza Shaheen |website=Shelter |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref> Her doctoral thesis (2008) was ''Identifying 'at-risk' neighbourhoods: Exploring the scope for an Index of Area Vulnerability.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.librarysearch.manchester.ac.uk/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma992983073011201631&context=L&vid=44MAN_INST:MU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&isFrbr=true&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Faiza%20Shaheen&sortby=date_d&facet=frbrgroupid,include,9084760695729340552&offset=0 | title =|publisher=University of Manchester Libray|access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
Shaheen first worked at the Centre for Urban Policy Studies, ]. In 2007, she joined the urban policy research charity, ].<ref name=cic-bio>{{cite web |url=https://beta.centreforcities.org/about/person/faiza-shaheen/ |title=Faiza Shaheen |publisher=Centre for Cities |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref> In 2009, she became senior researcher on economic inequality at the ]. Shaheen first worked at the Centre for Urban Policy Studies, ]. In 2007, she joined the urban policy research charity, ].<ref name=cic-bio>{{cite web |url=https://beta.centreforcities.org/about/person/faiza-shaheen/ |title=Faiza Shaheen |publisher=Centre for Cities |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref> In 2009, she became senior researcher on economic inequality at the ].


In 2014, she was appointed Head of Inequality and Sustainable Development at the charity ] UK.<ref name=shelter-bio/> In 2016, Shaheen had a cameo role in the British ] television series ].<ref>{{cite web |author-last1=Shaheen |author-first1=Faiza |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BEwcjvsg8Cl/?igsh=N3Jyd2dhcG8zY3lm |website=Instagram |title=faizashaheen |date=18 April 2016 |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> From 2016 to 2020, she was the director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS), a policy think tank originating from the ].<ref name=class-about>{{cite web |url=https://classonline.org.uk/about |title=About |website=Centre for Labour and Social Studies |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/politico-london-influence/politico-london-influence-a-tweak-is-a-long-time-labour-in-comms-wedding-hells/|title=POLITICO London Influence: A tweak is a long time — Labour in comms — Wedding hells|date=25 February 2021|website=]}}</ref><ref name=linkedin>{{linkedin}}</ref><ref name=williams1/> In 2014, she was appointed Head of Inequality and Sustainable Development at the charity ] UK.<ref name=shelter-bio/> In 2016, Shaheen had a cameo role in the British ] television series ].<ref>{{cite web |author-last1=Shaheen |author-first1=Faiza |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BEwcjvsg8Cl/?igsh=N3Jyd2dhcG8zY3lm |website=Instagram |title=faizashaheen |date=18 April 2016 |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> From 2016 to 2020, she was the director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS), a policy think tank originating from the ].<ref name=class-about>{{cite web |url=https://classonline.org.uk/about |title=About |website=Centre for Labour and Social Studies |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/politico-london-influence/politico-london-influence-a-tweak-is-a-long-time-labour-in-comms-wedding-hells/|title=POLITICO London Influence: A tweak is a long time — Labour in comms — Wedding hells|date=25 February 2021|website=]}}</ref><ref name=linkedin>{{linkedin}}</ref>


Between 2021 and 2023, Shaheen was the Inequality and Exclusion Program Director at the ], ]. In this role, she led the team authoring ''From Rhetoric to Action: Delivering Equality and Inclusion'', launched in September 2021 by seven Heads of State, comprising those from Spain, Sierra Leone, Sweden, Costa Rica, Ireland, New Zealand, and Senegal, as well as ] laureate, ] and ] winner and ] Advocate, ], among others.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sdg16.plus/resources/delivering-equality-and-inclusion/ |title=Inequality and exclusion are not destiny. Change is possible. |website= Pathfinders |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> She is a visiting ] in practice at the International Inequalities Institute of the ], where she teaches the ] course on inequality.<ref name=nyu-bio>{{cite web |url=https://cic.nyu.edu/people/faiza-shaheen/ |title=Faiza Shaheen |website=New York University |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref><ref name=lse-bio>{{cite web |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/International-Inequalities/People/Faiza-Shaheen |title=Dr Faiza Shaheen |website=London School of Economics |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref><ref name=linkedin/> Between 2021 and 2023, Shaheen was the Inequality and Exclusion Program Director at the ], ]. In this role, she led the team authoring ''From Rhetoric to Action: Delivering Equality and Inclusion'', launched in September 2021 by seven Heads of State, comprising those from Spain, Sierra Leone, Sweden, Costa Rica, Ireland, New Zealand, and Senegal, as well as ] laureate, ] and ] winner and ] Advocate, ], among others.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Why Faiza Shaheen|url=https://www.faizashaheen.co.uk/why-you-should-vote-for-faiza |access-date=5 June 2024|website=faiza.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sdg16.plus/resources/delivering-equality-and-inclusion/ |title=Inequality and exclusion are not destiny. Change is possible. |website= Pathfinders |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> She is a visiting ] in practice at the International Inequalities Institute of the ], where she teaches the ] course on inequality.<ref name=nyu-bio>{{cite web |url=https://cic.nyu.edu/people/faiza-shaheen/ |title=Faiza Shaheen |website=New York University |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref><ref name=lse-bio>{{cite web |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/International-Inequalities/People/Faiza-Shaheen |title=Dr Faiza Shaheen |website=London School of Economics |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref><ref name=linkedin/>


Shaheen is a regular contributor to debates on television news programmes, including '']'' and '']'', has worked with the likes of ] and the ] to develop documentaries on inequality,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Economic Research Council|url=https://ercouncil.org/home/upcoming-events/past-events/|date=16 August 2022|website=Economic Research Council England|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.channel4.com/news/ways-to-change-the-world-a-new-channel-4-news-podcast-faiza-shaheen|title=Series 1, Episode 19: Faiza Shaheen|date=27 July 2018|website=Channel 4 News}}</ref> and has contributed to festival debates, such as the ]<ref>{{cite web |title= Glastonbury Festival line-up 2019 |website= Glastonbury Festival |url= https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/line-up/line-up-2019/?stage/ |publisher= Glastonbury Festival |access-date= 24 May 2024}}</ref> and ].<ref name="LL-TWT2018">{{cite web | last = Rodgers | first = Sienna |title= The World Transformed reveals full line-up ahead of Labour conference |url= https://labourlist.org/2018/08/the-world-transformed-reveals-full-line-up-ahead-of-labour-conference/ |publisher= ] |date= 8 August 2018 |access-date= 24 September 2018}}</ref> Shaheen is a regular participant in discussions on television news programmes, including '']'' and '']'', has worked with ] and the ] to develop documentaries on inequality,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Economic Research Council|url=https://ercouncil.org/home/upcoming-events/past-events/|date=16 August 2022|website=Economic Research Council England|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.channel4.com/news/ways-to-change-the-world-a-new-channel-4-news-podcast-faiza-shaheen|title=Series 1, Episode 19: Faiza Shaheen|date=27 July 2018|website=Channel 4 News}}</ref> and has participated in festival debates, such as the ]<ref>{{cite web |title= Glastonbury Festival line-up 2019 |website= Glastonbury Festival |url= https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/line-up/line-up-2019/?stage/ |publisher= Glastonbury Festival |access-date= 24 May 2024}}</ref> and ].<ref name="LL-TWT2018">{{cite web | last = Rodgers | first = Sienna |title= The World Transformed reveals full line-up ahead of Labour conference |url= https://labourlist.org/2018/08/the-world-transformed-reveals-full-line-up-ahead-of-labour-conference/ |publisher= ] |date= 8 August 2018 |access-date= 24 September 2018}}</ref>


In 2023, Shaheen's first book, ''Know Your Place'', on social inequality in the UK, was published by ].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eaton |first1=George |title=Faiza Shaheen: "I get annoyed by the 'left candidate' badge" |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2024/05/faiza-shaheen-annoyed-left-candidate-badge |website=newstatesman.com |date=30 May 2024 |publisher=New Statesman |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603202056/https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2024/05/faiza-shaheen-annoyed-left-candidate-badge |archive-date=3 June 2024}}</ref> Shaheen wrote the book during evenings and weekends while working full-time at the LSE.<ref name="Ramaswamy">{{Cite news |last=Ramaswamy |first=Chitra |last2= |date=2023-05-29 |title='Social mobility is a fairytale': Faiza Shaheen on fighting for Labour and hating Oxford |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/29/social-mobility-is-a-fairytale-faiza-shaheen-on-fighting-for-labour-and-hating-oxford |access-date=2023-06-01 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.facebook.com/faizaoffical/videos/the-paperback-version-of-my-book-know-your-place-is-out-i-wrote-it-while-working/1781267475721851/ |title=The paperback version of my book, Know your place, is out! I wrote it while working full time, so it was definitely a labour of love and weekends! Born... {{!}} By Dr Faiza ShaheenFacebook |language=en |access-date=2024-04-04 |via=www.facebook.com}}</ref> In 2023, Shaheen's first book, ''Know Your Place'', on social inequality in the UK, was published by ].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eaton |first1=George |title=Faiza Shaheen: "I get annoyed by the 'left candidate' badge" |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2024/05/faiza-shaheen-annoyed-left-candidate-badge |website=newstatesman.com |date=30 May 2024 |publisher=New Statesman |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603202056/https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2024/05/faiza-shaheen-annoyed-left-candidate-badge |archive-date=3 June 2024}}</ref> Shaheen wrote the book during evenings and weekends while working full-time at the LSE.<ref name="Ramaswamy">{{Cite news |last=Ramaswamy |first=Chitra |last2= |date=2023-05-29 |title='Social mobility is a fairytale': Faiza Shaheen on fighting for Labour and hating Oxford |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/29/social-mobility-is-a-fairytale-faiza-shaheen-on-fighting-for-labour-and-hating-oxford |access-date=2023-06-01 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.facebook.com/faizaoffical/videos/the-paperback-version-of-my-book-know-your-place-is-out-i-wrote-it-while-working/1781267475721851/ |title=The paperback version of my book, Know your place, is out! I wrote it while working full time, so it was definitely a labour of love and weekends! Born... {{!}} By Dr Faiza ShaheenFacebook |language=en |access-date=2024-04-04 |via=www.facebook.com}}</ref>
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Shaheen is a longtime Labour voter and says she has been politicised from an early age. She joined the Labour Party after ] became leader in ].<ref name=Eaton1>{{Cite journal|journal=]|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2018/08/chingford-corbynite-faiza-shaheen-her-mission-oust-iain-duncan-smith|date=8 August 2018|authorlink=George Eaton (journalist)|first=George|last=Eaton|title=The Chingford Corbynite: Faiza Shaheen on her mission to oust Iain Duncan Smith}}</ref> In 2017, '']'' identified her as a "rising star"<ref name=roberts>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/01/rising-stars-2017-campaigner-faiza-shaheen-centre-labour-social-studies|title=Rising stars of 2017: campaigner Faiza Shaheen|first=Yvonne|last=Roberts|date=1 January 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref> and she was nominated for Woman of the Year at the Asian Achievers Awards and named one of the Top 100 Influencers on the Left by ] broadcaster, ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizasialive.com/women-dominate-asian-achievers-awards-2017/|title=Women dominate Asian Achievers Awards 2017|first=Raj|last=Baddhan|date=4 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Revealed: The left's top 100 power list|url=https://labourlist.org/2017/09/revealed-the-lefts-top-100-power-list/|date=25 September 2017|website=Labour List|language=en|access-date=8 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.channel4.com/news/ways-to-change-the-world-a-new-channel-4-news-podcast-faiza-shaheen|title=Series 1, Episode 19: Faiza Shaheen|date=27 July 2018|website=Channel 4 News}}</ref> Shaheen is a longtime Labour voter and says she has been politicised from an early age. She joined the Labour Party after ] became leader in ].<ref name=Eaton1>{{Cite journal|journal=]|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2018/08/chingford-corbynite-faiza-shaheen-her-mission-oust-iain-duncan-smith|date=8 August 2018|authorlink=George Eaton (journalist)|first=George|last=Eaton|title=The Chingford Corbynite: Faiza Shaheen on her mission to oust Iain Duncan Smith}}</ref> In 2017, '']'' identified her as a "rising star"<ref name=roberts>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/01/rising-stars-2017-campaigner-faiza-shaheen-centre-labour-social-studies|title=Rising stars of 2017: campaigner Faiza Shaheen|first=Yvonne|last=Roberts|date=1 January 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref> and she was nominated for Woman of the Year at the Asian Achievers Awards and named one of the Top 100 Influencers on the Left by ] broadcaster, ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizasialive.com/women-dominate-asian-achievers-awards-2017/|title=Women dominate Asian Achievers Awards 2017|first=Raj|last=Baddhan|date=4 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Revealed: The left's top 100 power list|url=https://labourlist.org/2017/09/revealed-the-lefts-top-100-power-list/|date=25 September 2017|website=Labour List|language=en|access-date=8 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.channel4.com/news/ways-to-change-the-world-a-new-channel-4-news-podcast-faiza-shaheen|title=Series 1, Episode 19: Faiza Shaheen|date=27 July 2018|website=Channel 4 News}}</ref>


Shaheen was selected to be the prospective parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party for Chingford and Woodford Green in July 2018.<ref name=Rodgers>{{cite news|url=https://labourlist.org/2018/07/faiza-shaheen-selected-to-fight-iain-duncan-smiths-seat/|title=Faiza Shaheen selected to fight Iain Duncan Smith's seat|last=Rodgers|first=Sienna|date=16 July 2018|accessdate=25 November 2019|work=Labour List}}</ref><ref name=Huffpost1 /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://cwglabour.org.uk/cwg-labour/chingford-labour-selects-faiza-shaheen-as-next-prospective-parliamentary-candidate | title=Chingford Labour Selects Faiza Shaheen as Next Prospective Parliamentary Candidate – CWGLabour | date=7 August 2018 }}</ref> She has stated that her motivation for standing was the stress her own and other families had suffered as a result of welfare reforms instituted by the constituency’s longstanding Conservative incumbent, ],<ref name=Huffpost1/><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 December 2019 |title=It feels unbearable to lose to Iain Duncan Smith, so my campaign will continue |url=https://inews.co.uk/opinion/it-feels-unbearably-unjust-to-lose-to-iain-duncan-smith-thats-why-my-campaign-will-continue-1341151 |website=inews.co.uk}}</ref> during his time as ]. In the ], Shaheen was endorsed by ],<ref name="AlastairCampbell.org">{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Alastair |title=Tactical voting now the only way to stop the horror of a Johnson landslide |url=https://alastaircampbell.org/2019/12/tactical-voting-now-the-only-way-to-stop-the-horror-of-a-johnson-landslide/ |website=AlastairCampbell.org |access-date=8 December 2019 |date=8 December 2019}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/hugh-grant-canvassing-for-election-1-6403811|title=Hugh Grant joins Luciana Berger on doorsteps as he campaigns for anti-Brexit result|last=Read|first=Jonathon|website=The New European|language=en|access-date=2 December 2019|archive-date=2 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202201946/https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/hugh-grant-canvassing-for-election-1-6403811|url-status=dead}}</ref> ],<ref name="Hazarika-Chingford-Esher">{{cite tweet |last=Hazarika |first=Ayesha |author-link=Ayesha Hazarika |user=ayeshahazarika |number=1203089443596439552 |date=6 December 2019 |title=@DaveRowntree @LibDems @UKLabour @peoplesvote_uk It depends... for example in Esher, people should vote Lib Dem to get Dominic Raab out. And Lib Dems should vote Labour to get IDS out in Chingford. People need to vote tactically to keep the local Tory out |language=en |access-date=30 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207010531/https://twitter.com/ayeshahazarika/status/1203089443596439552 |archive-date=7 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> ] and ].<ref name="Schneider">{{cite tweet |last=Schneider |first=David |user=davidschneider |number=1203457676748959744 |date=7 December 2019 |title=It's clear that the only way to stop the Tories is to vote tactically. Vote Not Tory on December 12th. (with thanks to @Monicabeharding & @faizashaheen) https://t.co/6gOMqJpgmI |language=en |access-date=30 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520010330/https://twitter.com/davidschneider/status/1203457676748959744 |archive-date=20 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> She increased Labour’s vote share, contrary to the national trend, and garnered the party’s largest ever vote share in the constituency, coming second by just over one thousand votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 December 2019 |title=UK general election 2019: full results |url=https://ig.ft.com/uk-general-election-2019-results/ |website=ig.ft.com}}</ref> Shaheen was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party for Chingford and Woodford Green in July 2018.<ref name=Rodgers>{{cite news|url=https://labourlist.org/2018/07/faiza-shaheen-selected-to-fight-iain-duncan-smiths-seat/|title=Faiza Shaheen selected to fight Iain Duncan Smith's seat|last=Rodgers|first=Sienna|date=16 July 2018|accessdate=25 November 2019|work=Labour List}}</ref><ref name=Huffpost1 /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://cwglabour.org.uk/cwg-labour/chingford-labour-selects-faiza-shaheen-as-next-prospective-parliamentary-candidate | title=Chingford Labour Selects Faiza Shaheen as Next Prospective Parliamentary Candidate – CWGLabour | date=7 August 2018 }}</ref> She has stated that her motivation for standing was the stress her own and other families had suffered as a result of welfare reforms instituted by the constituency’s longstanding Conservative incumbent, Iain Duncan Smith,<ref name=Huffpost1/><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 December 2019 |title=It feels unbearable to lose to Iain Duncan Smith, so my campaign will continue |url=https://inews.co.uk/opinion/it-feels-unbearably-unjust-to-lose-to-iain-duncan-smith-thats-why-my-campaign-will-continue-1341151 |website=inews.co.uk}}</ref> during his time as ]. In the ], Shaheen was endorsed by ],<ref name="AlastairCampbell.org">{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Alastair |title=Tactical voting now the only way to stop the horror of a Johnson landslide |url=https://alastaircampbell.org/2019/12/tactical-voting-now-the-only-way-to-stop-the-horror-of-a-johnson-landslide/ |website=AlastairCampbell.org |access-date=8 December 2019 |date=8 December 2019}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/hugh-grant-canvassing-for-election-1-6403811|title=Hugh Grant joins Luciana Berger on doorsteps as he campaigns for anti-Brexit result|last=Read|first=Jonathon|website=The New European|language=en|access-date=2 December 2019|archive-date=2 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202201946/https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/hugh-grant-canvassing-for-election-1-6403811|url-status=dead}}</ref> ],<ref name="Hazarika-Chingford-Esher">{{cite tweet |last=Hazarika |first=Ayesha |author-link=Ayesha Hazarika |user=ayeshahazarika |number=1203089443596439552 |date=6 December 2019 |title=@DaveRowntree @LibDems @UKLabour @peoplesvote_uk It depends... for example in Esher, people should vote Lib Dem to get Dominic Raab out. And Lib Dems should vote Labour to get IDS out in Chingford. People need to vote tactically to keep the local Tory out |language=en |access-date=30 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207010531/https://twitter.com/ayeshahazarika/status/1203089443596439552 |archive-date=7 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> ] and ].<ref name="Schneider">{{cite tweet |last=Schneider |first=David |user=davidschneider |number=1203457676748959744 |date=7 December 2019 |title=It's clear that the only way to stop the Tories is to vote tactically. Vote Not Tory on December 12th. (with thanks to @Monicabeharding & @faizashaheen) https://t.co/6gOMqJpgmI |language=en |access-date=30 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520010330/https://twitter.com/davidschneider/status/1203457676748959744 |archive-date=20 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> She increased Labour’s vote share, contrary to the national trend, and garnered the party’s largest ever vote share in the constituency, coming second by just over one thousand votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 December 2019 |title=UK general election 2019: full results |url=https://ig.ft.com/uk-general-election-2019-results/ |website=ig.ft.com}}</ref>


In July 2022, Shaheen was selected again by her constituency party to contest the seat at the next general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cwglabour.org.uk/cwg-labour/your-prospective-parliamentary-candidate/| title=Your prospective parliamentary candidate Dr Faiza Shaheen – CWGLabour | date=26 June 2023}}</ref> However, following the announcement of the 2024 general election, the parliamentary Labour Party declined to endorse her candidacy, citing ‘recent social media activity’ which it viewed as supportive of Palestinians.<ref name=FSX6>{{cite web |last1=Shaheen |title= Faiza Shaheen on X| first1=Faiza |work=X | url=https://x.com/faizashaheen/status/1805583068834525284/photo/1|date=25 June 2024 | accessdate=8 July 2024}}</ref><ref name="na1">https://www.newarab.com/news/uk-labour-replaces-faiza-shaheen-member-pro-israel-jlm</ref> Shaheen then resigned from the Labour Party<ref name=BBC1>{{cite news |date= 4 June 2024 |title= Faiza Shaheen resigns from Labour Party |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c977d5jep6eo |work= BBC News |access-date= 4 June 2024}}</ref> and stood as an independent candidate for the constituency.<ref name=FSX4>{{cite web |last1=Shaheen |title= Faiza Shaheen on X| first1=Faiza |work=X | url=https://x.com/faizashaheen/status/1798369070657782177 |date=5 June 2024 | accessdate=5 June 2024}}</ref> The Labour Party replaced her with Shama Tatler, a candidate with no ties to the constituency selected by the 'Jewish Labour Movement', a zionist lobby group.<ref name="na1"/> Shaheen's independent candidacy was endorsed by ], the professional ] player, who lives in the constituency<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cowburn |first=Ashley |date=2024-06-17 |title=Snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan on who he's voting for in General Election |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/snooker-legend-ronnie-osullivan-backs-33047806 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=The Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Penna |first=Dominic |date=2024-06-17 |title=Ronnie O'Sullivan backs Left-wing candidate against Labour |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/17/ronnie-osullivan-snooker-labour-chingford-faiza-corbyn-ids/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> and by 50 members of the local Labour Party.<ref>{{ cite news |title=50 Chingford and Woodford Green Labour Party members resign over Faiza Shaheen |url=https://walthamforestecho.co.uk/2024/06/11/50-chingford-and-woodford-green-labour-party-members-resign-over-faiza-shaheen/ |work=Waltham Forest Echo |date=11 June 2024 |access-date=11 June 2024 }}</ref> At the election on 4 July, Iain Duncan Smith retained the seat with just over one third of the votes, while Shaheen finished third with 12,445 votes, 79 votes behind the Labour candidate, and nearly 5,000 votes behind the winner.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-05 |title=Chingford and Woodford Green results |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001167/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB}}</ref> The combined vote for Labour and Shaheen accounted for over half of the total votes. Shaheen blamed the result on the Labour Party for not endorsing her candidacy. In turn, Labour blamed Shaheen for standing as an independent.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-05 |title=Sir Iain Duncan Smith holds on to Chingford and Woodford Green seat after Labour vote split |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/iain-duncan-smith-general-election-result-labour-chingford-b1168748.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=The Standard |language=en-GB}}</ref> In July 2022, Shaheen was selected again by her constituency party to contest the seat at the next general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cwglabour.org.uk/cwg-labour/your-prospective-parliamentary-candidate/| title=Your prospective parliamentary candidate Dr Faiza Shaheen – CWGLabour | date=26 June 2023}}</ref> However, after the announcement of the 2024 general election, the Labour Party declined to endorse her candidacy, citing ‘recent social media activity’. According to Shaheen, the posts in question were criticising ].<ref name=FSX6>{{cite web |last1=Shaheen |title= Faiza Shaheen on X| first1=Faiza |work=X | url=https://x.com/faizashaheen/status/1805583068834525284/photo/1|date=25 June 2024 | accessdate=8 July 2024}}</ref><ref name="na1">{{cite news |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/uk-labour-replaces-faiza-shaheen-member-pro-israel-jlm |title=UK election: Labour replaces Faiza Shaheen with member of pro-Israel JLM |work=The New Arab |date=1 June 2024 |access-date=30 August 2024 }}</ref> The Labour Party replaced her with Shama Tatler, a Councillor in Brent. Shaheen then resigned from the Labour Party<ref name=BBC1>{{cite news |date= 4 June 2024 |title= Faiza Shaheen resigns from Labour Party |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c977d5jep6eo |work= BBC News |access-date= 4 June 2024}}</ref> and stood as an independent candidate in the constituency.<ref name=FSX4>{{cite web |last1=Shaheen |title= Faiza Shaheen on X| first1=Faiza |work=X | url=https://x.com/faizashaheen/status/1798369070657782177 |date=5 June 2024 | accessdate=5 June 2024}}</ref>


Shaheen's independent candidacy was endorsed by ], the professional ] player, who lives in the constituency<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cowburn |first=Ashley |date=2024-06-17 |title=Snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan on who he's voting for in General Election |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/snooker-legend-ronnie-osullivan-backs-33047806 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=The Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Penna |first=Dominic |date=2024-06-17 |title=Ronnie O'Sullivan backs Left-wing candidate against Labour |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/17/ronnie-osullivan-snooker-labour-chingford-faiza-corbyn-ids/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> and by 50 members of the local Labour Party.<ref>{{ cite news |title=50 Chingford and Woodford Green Labour Party members resign over Faiza Shaheen |url=https://walthamforestecho.co.uk/2024/06/11/50-chingford-and-woodford-green-labour-party-members-resign-over-faiza-shaheen/ |work=Waltham Forest Echo |date=11 June 2024 |access-date=11 June 2024 }}</ref> At the election, Iain Duncan Smith retained the seat with just over one third of the votes, while the Labour candidate and Shaheen each secured just over one quarter.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-05 |title=Chingford and Woodford Green results |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001167/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB}}</ref> Shaheen blamed the incumbent's victory on the Labour Party for deselecting her.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-05 |title=Sir Iain Duncan Smith holds on to Chingford and Woodford Green seat after Labour vote split |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/iain-duncan-smith-general-election-result-labour-chingford-b1168748.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=The Standard |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Political positions==
Shaheen supports investment in public services: in particular, the NHS, schools and the justice system. She supports electoral reform, an end to arms sales to countries involved in civilian killings and rapid action on the climate crisis. She has also urged the reform of party political funding and the curtailing of the influence of large corporations on public policy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Why Faiza Shaheen|url=https://www.faizashaheen.co.uk/why-you-should-vote-for-faiza |access-date=5 June 2024|website=faiza.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Shaheen has stressed the urgency of rebuilding Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone and repairing the Broadmead Road bridge in Woodford Green, closed due to safety concerns by ]. She advocates for urban renewal of the Chingford Mount area and opposes development without the requisite investment in infrastructure, including reversing the closure of essential local resources.<ref name=":0"/>


==Personal life== ==Personal life==
Shaheen married actor ] in 2013.<ref name=IrishTimes>{{cite news |last1=Carswell |first1=Simon |title=Rising Labour star threatens to unseat Tory grandee Iain Duncan Smith |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/rising-labour-star-threatens-to-unseat-tory-grandee-iain-duncan-smith-1.4112156 |accessdate=13 January 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=11 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Shaheen |first=Faiza |title=Faiza Shaheen |url=https://x.com/faizashaheen/status/1395375334929965059 |work=Twitter |date=20 May 2021 |access-date=5 June 2024 }}</ref> They have one child, a son named Zayan, born in 2024.<ref name=FSX1>{{cite web |last1=Shaheen |title= Faiza Shaheen on X |first1=Faiza |work=X |url=https://twitter.com/faizashaheen/status/1760386360584568846 |date=22 February 2024 |accessdate=25 February 2024}}</ref><ref name=FSX2>{{cite web |last1=Shaheen |title= Faiza Shaheen on Instagram |first1=Faiza |work=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C2sOsQuocwm/ |date=29 January 2024 |accessdate=26 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Faiza Shaheen won't back down |last=Murray |first=Andrew |url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/faiza-shaheen-won%E2%80%99t-back-down |work=Morning Star |date=17 June 2024 |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> They live in ], Woodford, East London.<ref name = Marcelline1>{{cite news |last=Marcelline |first=Marco|date=27 April 2024 |title=Faiza Shaheen: 'I can unseat Iain Duncan Smith this time' |url=https://walthamforestecho.co.uk/2024/04/27/faiza-shaheen-i-can-unseat-iain-duncan-smith-this-time/ |work= Waltham Forest Echo|location=East London |access-date= 7 May 2024}}</ref> She enjoys cooking and travel.<ref name=FSX5>{{cite web |last1=Shaheen |title= Faiza Shaheen on Instagram| first1=Faiza |work=Instagram | url=https://www.instagram.com/faizashaheen/?hl=en/ |accessdate=7 June 2024}}</ref> Shaheen married actor Akin Gazi in 2013.<ref name=IrishTimes>{{cite news |last1=Carswell |first1=Simon |title=Rising Labour star threatens to unseat Tory grandee Iain Duncan Smith |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/rising-labour-star-threatens-to-unseat-tory-grandee-iain-duncan-smith-1.4112156 |accessdate=13 January 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=11 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Shaheen |first=Faiza |title=Faiza Shaheen |url=https://x.com/faizashaheen/status/1395375334929965059 |work=Twitter |date=20 May 2021 |access-date=5 June 2024 }}</ref> They have one son, born in 2024.<ref name=Williams>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/05/how-can-they-treat-people-like-this-faiza-shaheen-on-labour-and-why-shes-running-as-an-independent|title='How can they treat people like this?' Faiza Shaheen on Labour – and why she's running as an independent|date=5 June 2024|last=Williams|first=Zoe|work=The Guardian}}</ref> They live in ], Woodford, East London.<ref name = Marcelline1>{{cite news |last=Marcelline |first=Marco|date=27 April 2024 |title=Faiza Shaheen: 'I can unseat Iain Duncan Smith this time' |url=https://walthamforestecho.co.uk/2024/04/27/faiza-shaheen-i-can-unseat-iain-duncan-smith-this-time/ |work= Waltham Forest Echo|location=East London |access-date= 7 May 2024}}</ref>


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==Filmography== ==Filmography==
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* ''Capital in the 21st Century'' (2019)<ref>{{cite web |last=Rashbrooke |first=Max |url=https://www.nziff.co.nz/2019/auckland/capital-in-the-21st-century/ |title=Capital in the 21st Century| date=18 July 2019| access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref> * ''Capital in the 21st Century'' (2019)<ref>{{cite web |last=Rashbrooke |first=Max |url=https://www.nziff.co.nz/2019/auckland/capital-in-the-21st-century/ |title=Capital in the 21st Century| date=18 July 2019| access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref>

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British economist (born 1982)

Faiza Shaheen
Shaheen in 2021
Born1982 (age 41–42)
Leytonstone, England
Education
Occupations
  • Academic
  • economist
Years active2006–present
EmployerLondon School of Economics
Notable workKnow Your Place
Political partyLabour (2015–2024)
Independent (2024–present)
SpouseAkin Gazi
Children1
Websitefaizashaheen.co.uk

Faiza Shaheen (born 1982) is a British academic and economist in the field of economic inequality.

In 2018, she was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Labour in Chingford and Woodford Green, coming second in the 2019 general election to the incumbent, Iain Duncan Smith. Shaheen was again selected by her local party in 2022 to stand in the constituency but was not endorsed by Labour in the July 2024 election. Shaheen stood as an independent in the constituency but was not elected.

In 2023, her first book, Know Your Place, was published.

Early life and education

Shaheen was born in 1982 in Whipps Cross University Hospital, Leytonstone, in East London and grew up in Chingford. Her father was a car mechanic from Fiji and her mother was a laboratory technician from Karachi, Pakistan, where they met. She has a brother and a sister.

She attended Chingford Church of England Primary School, Chingford Foundation School and Sir George Monoux College in Walthamstow. Her first job was at Greggs in Chingford Mount. After studying philosophy, politics and economics at St John's College, Oxford University, Shaheen studied at the University of Manchester, being awarded an MSc in Research Methods & Statistics and a PhD. Her doctoral thesis (2008) was Identifying 'at-risk' neighbourhoods: Exploring the scope for an Index of Area Vulnerability.

Career

Shaheen first worked at the Centre for Urban Policy Studies, University of Manchester. In 2007, she joined the urban policy research charity, Centre for Cities. In 2009, she became senior researcher on economic inequality at the New Economics Foundation.

In 2014, she was appointed Head of Inequality and Sustainable Development at the charity Save the Children UK. In 2016, Shaheen had a cameo role in the British anthology television series Black Mirror. From 2016 to 2020, she was the director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS), a policy think tank originating from the trade union movement.

Between 2021 and 2023, Shaheen was the Inequality and Exclusion Program Director at the Center on International Cooperation, New York University. In this role, she led the team authoring From Rhetoric to Action: Delivering Equality and Inclusion, launched in September 2021 by seven Heads of State, comprising those from Spain, Sierra Leone, Sweden, Costa Rica, Ireland, New Zealand, and Senegal, as well as Nobel Prize laureate, Joseph Stiglitz and Oscar winner and SDG Advocate, Forest Whitaker, among others. She is a visiting professor in practice at the International Inequalities Institute of the London School of Economics, where she teaches the Masters course on inequality.

Shaheen is a regular participant in discussions on television news programmes, including Newsnight and Channel 4 News, has worked with Channel 4 and the BBC to develop documentaries on inequality, and has participated in festival debates, such as the Glastonbury Festival and The World Transformed.

In 2023, Shaheen's first book, Know Your Place, on social inequality in the UK, was published by Simon and Schuster. Shaheen wrote the book during evenings and weekends while working full-time at the LSE.

Parliamentary candidacies

Shaheen is a longtime Labour voter and says she has been politicised from an early age. She joined the Labour Party after Jeremy Corbyn became leader in 2015. In 2017, The Guardian identified her as a "rising star" and she was nominated for Woman of the Year at the Asian Achievers Awards and named one of the Top 100 Influencers on the Left by LBC broadcaster, Iain Dale.

Shaheen was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party for Chingford and Woodford Green in July 2018. She has stated that her motivation for standing was the stress her own and other families had suffered as a result of welfare reforms instituted by the constituency’s longstanding Conservative incumbent, Iain Duncan Smith, during his time as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. In the 2019 general election, Shaheen was endorsed by Alastair Campbell, Hugh Grant, Ayesha Hazarika, Ewan Pearson and David Schneider. She increased Labour’s vote share, contrary to the national trend, and garnered the party’s largest ever vote share in the constituency, coming second by just over one thousand votes.

In July 2022, Shaheen was selected again by her constituency party to contest the seat at the next general election. However, after the announcement of the 2024 general election, the Labour Party declined to endorse her candidacy, citing ‘recent social media activity’. According to Shaheen, the posts in question were criticising Israel’s actions in Gaza. The Labour Party replaced her with Shama Tatler, a Councillor in Brent. Shaheen then resigned from the Labour Party and stood as an independent candidate in the constituency.

Shaheen's independent candidacy was endorsed by Ronnie O'Sullivan, the professional snooker player, who lives in the constituency and by 50 members of the local Labour Party. At the election, Iain Duncan Smith retained the seat with just over one third of the votes, while the Labour candidate and Shaheen each secured just over one quarter. Shaheen blamed the incumbent's victory on the Labour Party for deselecting her.

Personal life

Shaheen married actor Akin Gazi in 2013. They have one son, born in 2024. They live in Woodford Green, Woodford, East London.

Publications

  • Shaheen, Faiza; Fieldhouse, Ed; Deas, Iain (2008). Identifying 'at risk' neighbourhoods: exploring the scope for and Index of Area Vulnerability. University of Manchester. OCLC 643496958.
  • Shaheen, Faiza (2008). The challenge of increasing employment in London (Report). Centre for Cities.
  • Shaheen, Faiza (2010). Why the cap won't fit (Report). New Economics Foundation.
  • Shaheen, Faiza (2010). Filling the jobs gap (Report). New Economics Foundation.
  • Shaheen, Faiza (2011). Why the rich are getting richer (Report). New Economics Foundation.
  • Shaheen, Faiza (2011). Ten reasons to care about economic inequality (Report). New Economics Foundation.
  • Shaheen, Faiza (2011). Degrees of value (Report). New Economics Foundation.
  • Shaheen, Faiza; Kersley, Helen (2011). Improving services for young people (Report). New Economics Foundation.
  • Shaheen, Faiza; Kersley, Helen (2012). The economic impact of local and regional pay in the public sector (Report). New Economics Foundation.
  • Seaford, Charles; Shaheen, Faiza (2012). Good jobs for non-graduates (Report). New Economics Foundation.
  • Shaheen, Faiza; Penny, Joe; Lyall, Sarah (2013). Distant neighbours (Report). New Economics Foundation.
  • Shaheen, Faiza (2014). Reducing economic inequality as a sustainable development goal (Report). New Economics Foundation.
  • Shaheen, Faiza; Kersley, Helen (2014). Addressing economic inequality at root (Report). New Economics Foundation.
  • McDonnell, John, ed. (2018). Economics for the Many. Verso Books.
  • Shaheen, Faiza, ed. (2021). From Rhetoric to Action:Delivering Equality & Inclusion (Report). Pathfinders.
  • Shaheen, Faiza (2023). Know Your Place. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781398505377. OCLC 1264212038.

Filmography

  • Black Mirror (2016), Series 3, Episode 6
  • Capital in the 21st Century (2019)

References

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