Jamil Haque
Iftekhar also known as Jamil, was born to Bengali immigrant parents in Dhaka. In the 1980s, his family moved to America to provide better opportunities for him. Losing his hearing at 3 months old and being raised as a profoundly deaf person, ASL became his everything. He attended multiple deaf schools in New York, giving him a variety of experiences. He performs regularly in ASL Slam shows. In the Deaf-Bengali community, he is a speaker who builds awareness about the strong Deaf community while sharing his knowledge of ASL. His life long goal is to spread the message of inclusiveness to the hearing communities.