Yassmin's Story
Who Do You Think I Am?
$25.14
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2017
Summary
Including new chapters.
Frank, fearless, funny, articulate and inspiring, Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a dynamo, a young Muslim dynamo offering a bracing breath of fresh air - and hope.
At 21, Yassmin found herself working on a remote Australian oil and gas rig; she was the only woman and certainly the only Sudanese-Egyptian-Australian background Muslim woman. With her hijab quickly christened a ‘tea cosy’ there could not be a more unlikely place on earth for a young Muslim woman t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857986177 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0857986171 |
| Author: | Yassmin Abdel-Magied |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 268g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 36mm |
About The Author
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
2015 Queensland Young Australian of the Year, Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a mechanical engineer, social advocate, writer and petrol head. She advocates for the empowerment of youth, women and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Yassmin is also passionate about diversifying public voices, connecting people and catalysing change.
At sixteen, Yassmin Abdel-Magied founded Youth Without Borders, an organisation focused on enabling young people to work for positive change in their communities. In 2012 she was named Young Leader in the Australian Financial Review and Westpac’s inaugural 100 Women of Influence Awards. Born in Sudan and moving to with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (First Class Honours), and was a recipient of the University of Queensland’s Dean’s Excellence scholarship. Yassmin has just been recognised in the Australian Muslim Achievement Awards as Youth of the Year.
She serves on various state and federal councils and currently works as an engineering specialist on oil and gas rigs. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, having a yarn, football (Liverpool FC!), Formula 1, boxing and is saving for her first V8.
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