Iqbal was sold by his parents to a carpet factory owner at the age of four. It
was six long years before he succeeded in escaping the clutches of his
tyrannical master. A young boy alone in the world, surviving off foraged scraps,
he stumbled across a Bonded Labour Liberation Front rally. The organisation took
him in, and he began tirelessly working to spread the word to other enslaved
children that they too could be free. Iqbal participated in raids on illegal
factories and addressed international conventions. He was awarded the Rhebok
'Youth in Action" award and a scholarship to study law in Boston.
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