WHO WE ARE
The Equality Act Review Campaign was born out of Dr Suriyah Bi’s personal experience navigating the employment tribunals singlehandedly, after being unfairly dismissed for raising a concern about young children being shown graphic footage of 9/11, which preceded with an 18-rating caution message. Her concern was taken to be a “Muslim issue”; however, though Suriyah won her unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, and victimisation claims in 2017, her case remains ongoing as the religious discrimination portion was rejected. She has written about her experience from an auto-ethnographic perspective in the Journal of Muslims in Europe.
Dr Suriyah Bi
Founder & Chief Executive
Suriyah Bi obtained her BA from Magdalen College, University of Oxford, her MA from SOAS University of London, and her PhD from UCL, the final year of which was completed at Yale. She now works as a lecturer at the University of Oxford. Critically, her experience with the Equality Act 2010 through fighting her case in employment tribunals since 2015, has provided her insights to the legislation's other shortcomings, inspiring her to grow the campaign into a formidable grassroots effort to strengthen the Equality Act.
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Zaki Rehman
Researcher and Policy Analyst
Zaki Rehman is a DPhil Student in History at the University of Oxford, working on Islam's globalisation in the twentieth century, with a particular focus on religious minorities, freedom of religion, and human rights. Alongside his academic research, Zaki has experience working in civil society organisations aimed at countering discrimination, such as the Equal Rights Trust and the International Communities Organisation. He has also spent time working in the Ministry of Justice, and for the past two years has been a Research Assistant at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights.
Rebekah Clark
Researcher and Policy Analyst
Rebekah graduated in 2023 from SOAS, University of London where she achieved an MA in Migration and Diaspora studies. She also holds a first-class BA in Geography from the University of Liverpool where she also spent a semester abroad at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her main research interests are forced migration, particularly media and parliamentary discourse surrounding immigration, and systemic discrimination within UK society, with a focus on women’s health. Rebekah has been volunteering at the Equality Act Review since 2022 and works full-time as a researcher in the legal sector.
Noah Traill
Researcher and Policy Analyst
Noah has recently graduated in MA Migration and Diaspora Studies from SOAS, University of London. He previously completed a BA in Philosophy and Spanish from the University of Bristol. His research interests include migration, EU language policy, and unpaid carers' lived experience in struggling health and social care systems. He has also spent time working for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in a fundraising capacity, campaigning on healthcare rights issues.