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Sarfraz Manzoor is an author, journalist, broadcaster, screenwriter and critic. He was born in Pakistan, came to Britain as a young boy and grew up in Luton in a working class Pakistani Muslim family. He is the author of the acclaimed childhood memoir Greetings from Bury Park<\/em> which he adapted into the feature film Blinded by the Light<\/em>. His most recent book is They- what Muslims and non-Muslims Get Wrong About Each Other<\/em>, which was published in August 2021 and was a Radio 4 Book of the Week<\/em>. He has been a published journalist for 25 years with his work appearing most frequently in The Guardian, The Times<\/em> and The Sunday Times<\/em>. He has been a regular presence on radio and television and has presented numerous documentaries on Radio 4. He is currently working on a feature film script that he is developing with the BFI and a play that has been commissioned by the Birmingham Rep. He lives in London.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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