The Hands Lecture: Who matters?

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi

Baroness Warsi, Britain’s first Muslim cabinet minister, author, and co-host of podcast ‘A Muslim and a Jew Go There’ talks about whose voices matter in public life, what works in widening political participation, and what does not.

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Sayeeda, Baroness Warsi, Britain’s first Muslim cabinet minister, is also a lawyer, businesswoman and racial justice campaigner, and has consistently been listed as one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world.

Appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer at the age of thirty-six, she served as Chairman of the Conservative Party, in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and as Minister for Faith and Communities.

Sayeeda is now a regular TV presenter and news commentator and an advisor including to  the Bridge Institute, Georgetown University and University of Notre Dame.  She is Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Bolton and has four honorary doctorates.

She is author of two books; ‘The Enemy Within’, ‘A Tale of Muslim Britain’ and ‘Muslims Don’t Matter’. In 2024 she launched the award winning podcast with David Baddiel –  ‘A Muslim and A Jew Go There’.