Sana Mustafa | |
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![]() Mustafa in 2017 | |
Born | Syria |
Alma mater |
Damascus University Bard College |
Known for | Co-founding
Global Refugee-Led Network Co-authoring We Are Syrians |
Sana Mustafa is a Canada-based Syrian refugee, author, activist and non-profit founder. [1] [2]
Mustafa co-founded the Network for Refugee Voices (which later became the Global Refugee-Led Network) and co-authored We Are Syrians. [1] [2]
Mustafa was born in Syria and studied business and marketing at Damascus University. [3] [4]
She was arrested in 2011 during Syria Civil War. [5] [4]
Mustafa visited USA in the summer of 2013 on a U.S. State Department funded a six-week fellowship that took her to Washington D.C. and Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. [5] [4] In July 2013, while she was in USA, her father Ali Mustafa a prominent business person and political activist opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was abducted by the Shabiha. [5] [3] [4] She has not heard from her father since the abduction. [5] [3] [4]
While she was still in USA, she applied for and received asylum. [5] [6] [3] Meanwhile, her mother Lamia Zreik and two sisters fled Syria for Gaziantep, Turkey from where they also applied for asylum to USA. [3] [5]
Mustafa moved into an apartment in Hudson Valley; her plans to join her in USA were thwarted by Donald Trumps' refugee policies. [5] Her older sister Wafa left Turkey for Germany. [5]
In New York City, Mustafa worked in a restaurant, as an Arabic tutor and as a live-in babysitter. [5] [3] She won a scholarship to study political science at Bard College and organized the conference From Surviving to Thriving: Syrian Refugees Speak. [3] [7]
Her mother and younger sister moved to Canada. [6]
In 2017, co-authoring with Naila Al Atrash and Radwan Ziadeh, she wrote We Are Syrians. [2] [8] [9] Her 2019 Ted Talk spoke about the need for inclusion of refugees in policy solutions. [10] Her frustration with the lack of inclusion preceded her co-founding the Network for Refugee Voices [11] and attending the United Nations global refugee summit in 2019. [1] [12] Network for Refugee Voices later became the Global Refugee-Led Network. [13]
In 2020, Mustafa worked as the Associate Director of Partnerships and Engagement at Asylum Access in Canada, [14] in 2022, she was the CEO. [15]
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Sana Mustafa | |
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![]() Mustafa in 2017 | |
Born | Syria |
Alma mater |
Damascus University Bard College |
Known for | Co-founding
Global Refugee-Led Network Co-authoring We Are Syrians |
Sana Mustafa is a Canada-based Syrian refugee, author, activist and non-profit founder. [1] [2]
Mustafa co-founded the Network for Refugee Voices (which later became the Global Refugee-Led Network) and co-authored We Are Syrians. [1] [2]
Mustafa was born in Syria and studied business and marketing at Damascus University. [3] [4]
She was arrested in 2011 during Syria Civil War. [5] [4]
Mustafa visited USA in the summer of 2013 on a U.S. State Department funded a six-week fellowship that took her to Washington D.C. and Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. [5] [4] In July 2013, while she was in USA, her father Ali Mustafa a prominent business person and political activist opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was abducted by the Shabiha. [5] [3] [4] She has not heard from her father since the abduction. [5] [3] [4]
While she was still in USA, she applied for and received asylum. [5] [6] [3] Meanwhile, her mother Lamia Zreik and two sisters fled Syria for Gaziantep, Turkey from where they also applied for asylum to USA. [3] [5]
Mustafa moved into an apartment in Hudson Valley; her plans to join her in USA were thwarted by Donald Trumps' refugee policies. [5] Her older sister Wafa left Turkey for Germany. [5]
In New York City, Mustafa worked in a restaurant, as an Arabic tutor and as a live-in babysitter. [5] [3] She won a scholarship to study political science at Bard College and organized the conference From Surviving to Thriving: Syrian Refugees Speak. [3] [7]
Her mother and younger sister moved to Canada. [6]
In 2017, co-authoring with Naila Al Atrash and Radwan Ziadeh, she wrote We Are Syrians. [2] [8] [9] Her 2019 Ted Talk spoke about the need for inclusion of refugees in policy solutions. [10] Her frustration with the lack of inclusion preceded her co-founding the Network for Refugee Voices [11] and attending the United Nations global refugee summit in 2019. [1] [12] Network for Refugee Voices later became the Global Refugee-Led Network. [13]
In 2020, Mustafa worked as the Associate Director of Partnerships and Engagement at Asylum Access in Canada, [14] in 2022, she was the CEO. [15]
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