Today I enjoyed the experience of being in the audience at a live filming of the late-night current affairs comedy show – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
We got “unguaranteed” tickets which couldn’t be relied on to secure a place. We arrived two hours early and queued in the freezing cold. The local Subway at hand to buy a hot tea and the great banter with the fellow fans, made the long wait and freezing cold bearable.
Trevor was really nice and kind to us – despite clearly being so tired from the Oscars from the previous night. Despite the wait and cold – every second was worth it and I would highly recommend it – in the words of Noah “abelungu abazi uba ndiyaxoka.”
Ps on the way home grabbed a great dinner from our favourite kosher steakhouse Wolf & Lamb and the best dessert ever from Magnolia Bakery – Banana Pudding – a must for anyone – even if like me, you don’t like banana!
Harris is board member for the Prince's Trust Mosaic initiative. He was appointed as Mosaic’s first honorary patron and was awarded the prestigious Beacon Award for Philanthropy Advocate 2013 for raising £1m within 12 months for various charities working in deprived communities in the UK, becoming the youngest and first Muslim to receive this honour. He now serves as a judge for the awards.
Harris is the co-founder of the Naz Legacy Foundation, which aims to enhance educational excellence and positive integration. It was established in memory of his late father, Naz Bokhari OBE, the first Asian/Muslim head teacher in the UK. The Foundation was honoured to be awarded the Big Society Award 2014 by the Prime Minister. Harris is also an ambassador for the British Asian Trust.
Harris’s interfaith work has included organising the first ever engagement event between national community, women and youth leaders from the Jewish and Muslim communities meeting with the new Chief Rabbi in Finchley Kinloss Synagogue. Harris was one of the first Muslims to be invited to the Chief Rabbi’s installation ceremony and was selected to be an Ariane De Rothschild fellow, in partnership with Cambridge University’s Judge Business School and King’s College. Harris also organised the first youth interfaith iftar at Lambeth Palace, which brought together the Archbishop of Canterbury, Chief Rabbi, Mayor of London and over 100 youth leaders from each of London’s boroughs – representing all faiths and none.
Harris was awarded an OBE in Her Majesty’s Birthday Honours List for services for young people and interfaith relations; named as one of 40 people in finance who goes further for good causes by Financial News Extra Mile List; and named as one of London’s most influential figures by the Evening Standard’s Progress 1000 list.
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Today I enjoyed the experience of being in the audience at a live filming of the late-night current affairs comedy show – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
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