Salman Shaheen is a British politician, journalist and novelist. He has written for the Guardian, New Statesman, Huffington Post, New Internationalist and Times of India and he is a regular commentator on politics and economics on TV and radio. Salman launched the UK s first-ever policy to transform wasteland into places for urban kids in deprived areas to grow food and learn about sustainability and biodiversity. Born in Norwich in 1984, Salman studied Social & Political Sciences at Jesus College, Cambridge and the Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia. He now lives in Brentford, West London.