Riz Ahmed Biography

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Rizwan Ahmed, also known as Riz Ahmed or MC Riz, is an MC and actor.

Education

Riz was educated at Merchant Taylors School, a Public School in Middlesex. He graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.

Music

He released his first hip-hop single in 2006, Post 9/11 Blues: a controversial satire that was temporarily banned from British airplay.

Acting career

• He was a member of the Confidential Collective, but he received a scholarship for drama school and left in May 2005.
  
• He played the part of Shafiq Rasul, a member of the Tipton Three, in Michael Winterbottom's The Road to Guantanamo, and was detained by British intelligence while returning from its Berlin film premiere.
  
• A starring role in Shan Khan's "Prayer Room."
  
• A role in the Asian Dub Foundation series "Gadaffi."
  

External links

• MC Riz
  
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• Hamilton Hodell - Riz Ahmed
  
• Confidential Collective
  
• A short, sharp shock of a play The Telegraph
  
• When even actors aren't safe New Statesman
  
• Guardian piece on "Post 9/11 Blues"
  
• Google video of "Post 9/11 Blues"
  

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