14 Facts About Ayesha Quraishi

Ayesha Quraishi is a Botswana-born Swedish presenter, singer and rapper.

Ayesha Quraishi was born in Botswana to a non-resident Indian father and Motswana mother, and was raised in Hasselby, Stockholm.

Ayesha Quraishi was born in Botswana, to an Indian father who was an engineer and an entrepreneur mother from Botswana.

Ayesha Quraishi's father worked for Swedish and Nordic aid organisations like Sida and Danida.

Ayesha Quraishi experimented with drum orchestras Oheema and other local bands throughout this period.

The label produced the duo Kwaanza with Sona and Ayesha Quraishi writing and performing together in the Eurovision song contest.

Ayesha Quraishi was one of five film subjects and produced and performed the music for Mia Engberg's theatrical documentary release "165 Hasselby".

Ayesha Quraishi started developing the project Q which was at the time an online social platform around 2005.

Ayesha Quraishi led programs on Swedish national radio and was a summer speaker on the popular Swedish radio show "Sommar i P1" 2006.

Ayesha Quraishi published several article series in publications from political magazines to mainstream newspapers and was part of several future trend spotting panels for Sweden's equivalence to Financial times Daganes Industri and government initiatives.

Ayesha Quraishi went on to release her second studio album The Lobby to critical acclaim.

Ayesha Quraishi has worked as artistic director for one of Sweden's biggest theatres The House of Culture where she established a method to include art forms and demographics that not yet were established in the institutional landscape.

Ayesha Quraishi is on the board of Skap and is involved in several grant committees and consults in diversity and inclusion.

Ayesha Quraishi has been appointed an artistic adviser by the Swedish government and works internationally with Swedish institutions as artistic consultant and director.