Fact: Fuad can count.

Fuad, if you are reading this, we mean this in the nicest possible way, but you do scare us at times.  Out of respect for you we are keeping this picture as low resolution.  The hi-res pic is disturbing, but maybe that is for another day.

Fact: Fuad is a journalist

Fuad has written for the Guardian, the Independent and various other publications. It is not known however, whether he has written for ‘Kebab Connoisseurs Magazine’

See his website for a list of his articles, and we at dailyfuadfact found another nice website here that has a few more articles. See, he really is a journalist.

Fuad has never wrestled a Brazilian waiter over a wombat

See, when this blog was shown to a friend of Fuad, remarks were made such as ‘Hmm what is it with Muslims and personality cults’, and ‘Be careful you don’t upset him’,

Now, to make this clear:

1) We love Fuad

2) This blog is mainly just for fun.

As for the fact, its true. All of it. Even the ambiguous double meanings.

Fact: Fuad has walked on clouds

Fuad, in times past, has climbed to the top of Africa highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, where we imagine clouds are. Look, we are entitled to a bit of hyperbole, it is Fuad Nahdi we are talking about here. I know the picture on the right is cloud free, but hey, the headline did get you to read more n’est-ce pas?

Read about Kilimanjaro here, it is quite impressive.

Fact: Fuad publishes Q-News

Okay, so this is the obvious one.  Let me try to add some value.

When Q-News first started,  it was a bi-weekly newspaper.  Fuad was the general editor at the time, and had a team of staff to take care of the little and big things.  The team was based off Regent Street, in Central London.  It was the early nineties, and a general spirit of funkiness was abound.

Then, in the mid-nineties Q-News moved to Dexion House.  Faisal Bodi was news editor.  Q-News evolved into a monthly colour magazine.  Fuad took a back seat and Shagufta Yaqub became editor, whilst Fuad became publisher. The Q-News website was launched, in all its web 1.0 glory

The magazine underwent more changes, with a redesign, and  a fresh new website.  The current team, with Fareena Alam as editor and Abdul-Rehman Malik as contributing editor, along with other fantastic folk, still have Fuad as publisher.  That same spirit of funkiness is still abound.

Correction: Fuad HAS been to Ulan Bator

We apologise for not getting that fact straight.  The other stuff seems to be about right though.

Fact: Fuad has friendly Urdu

Fuad Nahdi, despite being married into a Pakistani family, is not known for his linguistic prowess in Urdu.  Hoever, he has two urdu phrases he has used publicly.

“Haati mera saathi” – Elephant my friend

“Mera haat pakro” – Hold my hand.

He has been known to use both phrases at odd occasions.  The quality of the rest of his Urdu cannot at this stage be verified.

Fact: Fuad went to a faith school, a Christian faith school

In his youth, Fuad Nahdi was educated at a Christian school in Kenya. As a consequence, he always has a string of anecdotes about the strict moral teachings of the Sisters who taught at his school.

Fact: Fuad likes policy research

Fuad Nahdi is the founding director of “The Centre for Muslim Policy Research”. This was in the days before policy research was fashionable, and now every Abdullah now has a think-tank in their bedroom.

Fact: Fuad likes Yemen

The Nahdi tribe originate from the Hadramawt region of Yemen, and were traditionally a warrior tribe, protecting other tribes from harm.

The tribe also has strong links with the Habaaib of Tarim.

So in a nutshell, don’t mess, yeah?