A qualified yoga instructor, Zahrah utilises her skills by teaching yoga to those who are living with cancer and red blood disorders at the UCLH Macmillan Cancer Centre. On top of her day job, she teaches Well Woman Yoga and Teen Yoga to girls in BAME communities where she lives.

Zahrah has a BA in Arabic and MA in Islamic Studies from SOAS, University of London. She also dabbles in writing, with a blog that she regularly updates with #TalesFromDeepMotherhood which explores the challenges of motherhood, womanhood, health, social justice and politics.