Education
In 2010, at the age of 17, Begum was part of a group of 12 that passed a referee course organised by the Bangladesh Football Association (Bachelor of Fine Arts).
In 2010, at the age of 17, Begum was part of a group of 12 that passed a referee course organised by the Bangladesh Football Association (Bachelor of Fine Arts).
In 2010, she became the first qualified female referee of Bangladeshi descent in the United Kingdom. Since then she has been officiating in Bachelor of Fine Arts football matches and other local leagues in East London. Begum is a trained basketball coach.
She is one of the deputy Young Mayors of Tower Hamlets.
She is currently studying at University of Greenwich. On 21 July 2012, Begum carried the Olympic Torch in Stepney Green, London.