Background
Saeed was born and brought up in Glasgow and went to school in Bishopbriggs. He is a former adviser to Scotland's current First Minister Alex Salmond and a prominent media figure. He has been listed as one of Scotland’s Top 100 thinkers and opinion formers by the Scotsman newspaper, one of the country’s “Brightest and Best” by the Sunday Herald, and has been described as "Scotland’s most influential Muslim" by the Sunday Times. The Evening Times referred to him in 2010 as one of the SNP’s "bright rising stars". His blog, "Rolled up Trousers" was named top Scottish political blog in 2007. He is also an alumnus of the US State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program.
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