Simon Edge Author

Born in Pakistan but raised in Birmingham, Waseem Mahmood is an award-winning broadcaster who began his career at the BBC, producing for both television and radio, and went on to develop a variety of media projects around the world aimed at countering violent extremism. He helped set up a radio station in Kabul after the overthrow of the Taliban, which was the subject of his book Good Morning Afghanistan. He was awarded the OBE in 2005. Simon Edge is a writer and novelist who spent twenty-five years working as a journalist.