About
JALAL JAFFER, K.C.
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Jalal Jaffer was born in 1945 in a small town called Kitale, in the highlands of Kenya. He moved to Kampala, Uganda with his family when he was three and spent his childhood there, growing up as one of nine children. As a young man, he went to school in London to earn his Bachelor and Master of Science in Economics. After coming to Canada, he earned his Law degree from the University of British Columbia in 1977, and in 2015, he was named Queen’s Counsel by the Government of British Columbia.
Today, Jalal lives with his wife of almost fifty years in a lovely home along a river in North Vancouver. They have two adult sons, Jamil and Rumi. Jalal is a devout Ismaili Muslim and says, he wrote MEMORIES of a UGANDAN REFUGEE to tell of his “gratitude for the divine grace and blessings showered on me like rain and my effort to collect in my container as much as He wishes me to have.” |
Media
Please listen to my latest podcast interview below with Yasmin Jamal on her podcast, Ugandan Asian Migration: Forced to Flee.
Read Jalal Jaffer's feature story in Vancouver Sun about his experience leaving Africa for Canada:
"Shamshad and Jalal Jaffer: Vancouver was third-time lucky for young couple"
Sep 27, 2012 - Tara Carman, Vancouver Sun
"Shamshad and Jalal Jaffer were on a plane over East Africa when the pilot came on the loudspeaker to announce that Idi Amin was giving Ugandan Asians 90 days to leave the country. There was a collective gasp of disbelief on the plane..."
Read the full story here: https://vancouversun.com/news/ismaili%20anniversary/shamshad-and-jalal-jaffer-vancouver-was-third-time-lucky-for-young-couple
