Sharmeena Begum

Not to be confused with the unrelated Shamima Begum who left for Syria two months later.

Sharmeena Begum
Born1999 (age 24–25)
Bethnal Green, London, England
Alma materBethnal Green Academy, London
Parents
  • Mohammad Uddin (father)
  • Shahnaz Begum (mother)

Sharmeena Begum (born 1999) is a jihadi bride who left the United Kingdom to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in December 2014. Two months later, in February 2015, her school friends Amira Abase, Shamima Begum, and Kadiza Sultana (who collectively became known as the Bethnal Green trio) joined her in occupied Syria. Begum is one of the youngest British teenagers to join ISIL.

Begum was tracked down by the BBC in 2023, and was living in Syria under a different identity.[1]

  1. ^ "Shamima Begum: Friend who inspired IS defection mocks her as non-believer". BBC News. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.