Umar was born and raised in The Hague, Netherlands, where his parents moved to from Rawalpindi.
He's currently studying 'System Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management' at Technical University Delft, & 'People and Society' at Erasmus University of Rotterdam.
He's the founder and head of editing board of Wijblijvenhier.nl (we stay here, a Dutch Muslim blog).
Umar's profile picture was taken by Michel Utrecht.