Tariq Mehmood
Tariq Mehmood is a writer and filmmaker. He is Associate Professor at the American University Beirut and currently completing his first book on the Lotus project: The Poetry of Lotus and the Afro-Asian Writers Movement. Mehmood was one of the key defendants in the case of the Bradford 12, which established the right of organised and armed self-defense in the UK. This year will be the 40th anniversary of the rebellion of 1981. He is a writer & filmmaker. His latest novel is You’re Not Here: One brother goes missing in action in Afghanistan, the other falls in love with an Afghan girl in England. He co-directed the multi-award-winning documentary Injustice, which exposed deaths in British police custody. 20 years on, it is still banned from terrestrial broadcast in the UK. The follow-up Ultraviolence was premiered at the London Film Festival 2021 and will be launched at the BFI.