Faria Alam (born 13 February 1966) is a former Football Association secretary.
Faria Alam was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh to a moderate and educated Muslim family. Her father was a Pakistani bank employee and her mother Bangladeshi. She has two brothers and one sister.
In 1970, Alam and her family emigrated to England, and she was grew up in the North East, living in Bradford, Northumberland and Newcastle, she attended Ponteland High School. When A...
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Faria Alam (born 13 February 1966) is a former Football Association secretary.
Faria Alam was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh to a moderate and educated Muslim family. Her father was a Pakistani bank employee and her mother Bangladeshi. She has two brothers and one sister.
In 1970, Alam and her family emigrated to England, and she was grew up in the North East, living in Bradford, Northumberland and Newcastle, she attended Ponteland High School. When Alam was 19 years old, her mother took her to Bangladesh and arranged a marriage for her to a Bangladeshi businessman there. Alam left her husband and came back to England.
Later her mother moved to Seattle, United States after her parents divorced. In 1997, her father died and she was left with her family friends. She moved to London, there she was described as spending nights partying with friends.
After doing some part-time modelling work, Alam took at job at The Football Association in July 2003 as personal assistant to executive director...
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