Pioneers always create a space for others to follow and shape other paths and in some ways my mother opened up a path for me and in some ways I’m opening the path up for my daughters. I’m Fatima Ayub. I’m 36 and I have four children. My eldest daughter will be 15 soon – her dream is to become a British female Islamic scholar – there are far too many men and there's a real shortage of good female scholars who can work within the context of Britain. We have a responsibility that is as much ours as anyone else’s. And what I mean by that is that we have a responsibility to our community and ‘our community’ consists of people of all walks of life. My other daughter's 12, mad about football, she's a Gunners’ fan, a real Arsenal supporter! Both of them are at boarding school. I’ve got two younger sons, an eight-year-old and a five-year-old and at the moment I’m expecting my fifth child. My life literally evolves around my children. I’m the second of five children myself, and I’m the eldest daughter. Growing up in Bradford was great, it's a small place and my friends and relatives were all close by, literally streets and doors away. My father was always very supportive and I always saw him supporting my mum. The extended family would think, “Why is he always helping his wife? The daughters are always sat around and the wife is being helped by her husband!” But that's something my dad always did. He always made our breakfast. He helped to put washing out. He even does the cooking now and then. Yesterday he made pakoras for us all. He's always serving us, in a practical sense, he's a really good role model for us all and even for the grandchildren to look up to, and I hope they take something from that because it's important to grow up with secure individuals around you who are not afraid of what people might say.