Background
Aziz was born and brought up in Oxford, and read Bachelor in English literature and Women"s studies at university.
Aziz was born and brought up in Oxford, and read Bachelor in English literature and Women"s studies at university.
Aziz"s father arrived in Britain from Kashmir, Pakistan, at the age of 16. Aziz has worked as a newsroom journalist for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera"s English news website in Doha, Qatar, a broadcast journalist and producer for the British Broadcasting Corporation and has written for New Internationalist magazine. As well as media specialist for Oxfam.
Amnesty International, Save the Children and Islamic Relief.
She has travelled and worked all over the world from Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Gaza and Yemen to, Haiti, Tajikistan, Burma, Russia, Pakistan and Indonesia. Aziz is a commentator on international current affairs, writes for The Guardian newspaper, and is a regular panel guest on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio.
In January and February 2011, she wrote a series of scripts for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2"s Pause for Thought, In March 2011, she appeared as a guest on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4"s Woman"s Hour. In August 2011, she appeared on Channel 4"s 4thought.tv.
In March 2015, Aziz presented the British Broadcasting Corporation Three documentary A Nation Divided? Aziz is writing a sitcom and new comedy material reflecting her experiences of travelling the world.
In 2006, Aziz was elected to the National Union of Journalists Black Members Council. In May 2010, she reached the final of the Liverpool Comedy Festival Best Newcomer Awards and won the "King Gong" open mic competition at the Manchester Comedy Store. In September 2010, she reached the semi-finals of the Funny Women competition.
