Name: Muslims in the North: Sarra Razzaq Co-Founder of Fox & Windmill Publishing by Cultural Insight Wednesdays
Duration: 23 min 30 s
Description: In this podcast episode of Muslims in the North, Dr Maria Hussain is in conversation with Sarra Razzaq, Co-Founder and CEO of The Fox & Windmill Publishing House, the UK’s first independent publishing company for British South Asian writers. It's also based in lovely Bradford!

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In this podcast episode of Muslims in the North, Dr Maria Hussain is in conversation with Sarra Razzaq, Co-Founder and CEO of The Fox & Windmill Publishing House, the UK’s first independent publishing company for British South Asian writers. It's also based in lovely Bradford!

Muslims in the North: Sarra Razzaq Co-Founder of Fox & Windmill Publishing

Welcome to the Cultural Insight Wednesdays podcast series

Each week, Maria Hussain will be in conversation with Leeds University Business School students from a whole host of different countries, backgrounds and levels of study. Our fabulous students will be sharing their insights and experiences of what it means to be a student at the University of Leeds.


The views expressed in this podcast are those of the interviewees and may not reflect the views of Leeds University Business School or the University of Leeds.

Muslims in the North: Sarra Razzaq Co-Founder of Fox & Windmill Publishing

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