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Dr Karamat Iqbal

Dr Karamat Iqbal

Our Lives, Our Stories with Carl Chinn vor 2 Monaten

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Carl Chinn sits down in conversation with Dr Karamat Iqbal, an
educator and historian whose life crosses two worlds. Karamat
grew up in a village of ten houses in Kashmir, walking hours to
school across the ravines, until at barely a teenager he was put
on a plane and arrived in Nechells to live in the same house
where his father had once lodged.

Together they trace the history of Kashmiri and Mirpuri migration
to Birmingham, from the Lascars and the pioneer generation to the
first brick house in Karamat's village, built with money earned
in a Birmingham factory. Karamat speaks of the racism he met on
his first day at school, the eight years he did not speak to his
parents, the languages he grew up between, and how, slowly, he
fell in love with the city.

It is a story about migration and belonging, about the community,
and about the resilience of a boy who made a home in a place that
did not always want him.

Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of racism and
racial violence. Please do take care whilst listening or skip
this episode if this could be distressing for you.

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