Jana Amin

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Jana Amin
BornMay 24, 2003[1]
Rosie Hospital, Cambridge[2]
NationalityEgyptian-American
Alma materHarvard Kennedy School
OccupationWomen's rights activist
Known foradvocating for girls' education and rights of Muslim women
RelativesRana el Kaliouby (mother)
Websitewww.janaamin.com

Jana Amin is an Egyptian-American activist known for advocating for girls' education and women's empowerment.[3] She began her activism career by narrating the reality of Muslim women.[4]

Background[]

Jana moved to the United States at a young age. Her mother Rana el Kaliouby is a prominent computer scientist and entrepreneur.[5][6] Jana has one younger brother.

Career[]

Jana works closely with the Collateral Repair Project, an NGO which is based in Jordan supporting the rights of refugee girls and women.[7] She taught English to refugee girls and women in Jordan soon after joining the Collateral Repair Project.[8] She has also worked with Heya Masr, an NGO based in Egypt which runs awareness empowerment programmes for young women and which finances girls' education. She launched Bantota or Bantoota (a term for "girl" in Arabic) as an Instagram campaign for the rights of Muslim women, and also delivered a TedX-Youth Talk raising awareness on changing narratives about Muslim women.[9] She has also hosted online virtual events including #17for17: Advocating for Girls' Education to raise awareness on the significance of girls' education.[10]

She works as a research intern at the Middle East initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School. She also curated an exhibit entitled Princess Fawzia and the Duality of Egyptian Women at The American University in Cairo.[10] She also wrote an editorial for the Malala Fund publication "Assembly", sharing the experiences she gained after attending Malala Yousafzai's lecture at Harvard University.[11] In September 2020, she attended one of the high-profile events via online at the UN General Assembly's 75th annual session.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ el Kaliouby, Rana; Coleman, Carol (2000). Girl Decoded. Penguin Random House. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-9848-2476-9.
  2. ^ el Kaliouby, Rana; Coleman, Carol (2000). Girl Decoded. Penguin Random House. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-9848-2476-9.
  3. ^ "Changing the narrative around Muslim Women and supporting girl's education with Jana Amin, Egyptian-American Advocate (#16)". This is Candor. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  4. ^ Changing the narrative, one Muslim woman at a time | Jana Amin | TEDxYouth@BeaconStreet, retrieved 2021-03-25
  5. ^ Kaliouby, Rana el (2019-05-11). "Affectiva Co-Founder Rana el Kaliouby on How She Built a Tech Startup as a Single Mom 5,000 Miles From Home". Inc.com. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  6. ^ Wu, Steffi (2020-04-01). "Rana el Kaliouby decodes her memoir "Girl Decoded"". Medium. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  7. ^ "Collateral Repair Project (official website)".
  8. ^ a b "UNGA 2020: 'I began my activist journey by telling the story of Muslim women I knew'". The National. 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  9. ^ Amin, Jana, Changing the narrative, one Muslim woman at a time, retrieved 2021-03-25
  10. ^ a b "'Imagine if Every Girl in Egypt was Educated': Meet Activist Jana Amin | Egyptian Streets". 2020-11-27. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  11. ^ "Protecting progress for girls' education — Assembly | Malala Fund". Assembly. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
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