Mehreen Baig (born 28 November 1989) is a British television presenter. She has presented several documentaries on topics relating to Britain's Asian and Muslim communities.

Biography

Baig was born on 1989 in

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to Pakistani parents. Baig has been a secondary school teacher in

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. In 2016, she was in the

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documentary ''

Muslims Like Us ''Muslims Like Us'' is a British reality television series shown on BBC Two in December 2016. In the show, ten British Muslims of varying beliefs and backgrounds were placed in a house together. It was produced by Mobeen Azhar. Synopsis The ten ...

'', in which Muslims of differing backgrounds and beliefs were made to live together. She was the second to enter the house after the former boxer and Islamist

Anthony Small Anthony Small (also known as Abdul Haq) is a retired professional boxer and Islamic political activist who was born 20 June 1981 in Lewisham, London, England. He held both the British and Commonwealth belts at light middleweight. His was also ...

(Abdul Haqq), who gave her a leaflet condemning gender mixing. In February 2018, Baig fronted ''Islam, Women and Me'', a

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's Flagship (broadcasting), flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News ...

documentary exploring the role of women in the religion. In August, she presented ''Lost Boys? What’s Going Wrong For Asian Men'', which explored issues relating to

British Pakistani British Pakistanis ( ur, (Bratānia men maqīm pākstānī); also known as Pakistani British people or Pakistani Britons) are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ancestral roots lie in Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), of ...

men. Tim Dowling of ''

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'' gave it four stars out of five for being "informed, thorough and provocative". Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan of

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gave a negative review, saying that the documentary blamed the men's situation on Pakistani culture more than on discrimination. Baig has also presented documentaries on physical fitness, and segments on the BBC's ''Sunday Morning Live'' and ''

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''. In 2019 she took part in ''

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'', in which people of differing religious views made a pilgrimage to Rome. In 2020 Baig presented the new BBC Studios and Open University co-production

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with Adrian Chiles.

Personal life

Mehreen has lived in

North Finchley North Finchley is a suburb of London in the London Borough of Barnet, situated 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Charing Cross. North Finchley is centred on Tally Ho Corner, the junction of the roads to East Finchley, Church End, Frier ...

since the turn of the millennium.Amira Hashish, ''North Finchley'', Evening Standard, London, 8 December 2021, page 22.

References

External links

''Mehreen Baig''
(BBC Asian Network) {{DEFAULTSORT:Baig, Mehreen 1989 births Living people BBC Asian Network presenters British Muslims British people of Pakistani descent British television presenters British schoolteachers