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Robina Qureshi (born 1964 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a human rights campaigner.

One of seven sisters, Qureshi's parents were from Afghanistan and came to Glasgow in the 1960s. She is Executive Director of Positive Action in Housing, a charity which aims to challenge racism and discrimination, particularly in refugee communities. She is renouned for the Vujac family campaign and for helping other efugees who have been subjected to dawn raids.

Qureshi is a notable critic of Britain's asylum policies and has campaigned to close detention centres for asylum seekers. She has been at the forefront of challenging dawn raids against Scotland's asylum seekers, taking part in dawn raid protests and shutting down Home Office buildings with Paddy Hill of the Birmingham Six and actor Peter Mullan. She has been in several films, including the controversial Gas Attack, for which she won a best actress award.

Due to false accusations by the media regarding her relationship with Peter Mullan, an actor who has been round the block more than Rod Stewart, she has managed to keep her head above water. Qureshi is far from predijuice, but she cherishes her religious and cultural heritage. In her spare time she enjoys religious gatherings and reciting from the Quran.

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