Inaya Folarin Iman is a writer, broadcast journalist and social campaigner. She was the creator and host of The Discussion, a weekly ideas, culture, and politics TV show on GB News. She is the Founder and Director of The Equiano Project, a forum to promote freedom of speech and open dialogue on the subjects of race, identity, and culture, and also serves as the Cultural Management and Youth Engagement Trustee for the National Portrait Gallery. Her writing has featured in various publications including The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Times, Standpoint, The Sun, and Spiked. 

Iman is a regular commentator and guest on programs such as the BBC’s The Big Questions, BBC Politics Live, BBC Question Time, ITV’s Good Morning Britain, and Sky News. She has also helped found and deliver numerous freedom of speech initiatives, including Index on Censorship’s “Free Speech Is For Me,” the Free Speech Union, and the Free Speech Champions project.