Magid Magid is an activist, writer, and politician. He was born in Somalia and came to the UK as a refugee. He was elected as a councillor in his beloved home city of Sheffield and subsequently became the youngest and first green Lord Mayor of Sheffield and then an MEP (Member of European Parliament) representing Yorkshire & the Humber. Magid was also recently named one of Time’s 100 rising stars shaping the future of the world. Magid has garnered international recognition for his creative and alternative ways of campaigning and doing politics. He mainly campaigns on climate justice, anti-racism/discrimination, and protecting the rights of refugees and migrants. Magid is a board member of the tuition-free charity University of the Underground and he is the head of their “New politics and Afrofuturism” programme.

Magid is one of the director of Tour de Moon Ltd.