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Nujeen Mustafa

Nujeen Mustafa ( ''Nūjjayn Muṣṭafā''; also transliterated ''Noujain Mustaffa'') is a Kurdish Syrian refugee and activist with cerebral palsy. She was raised in Aleppo, Syria, and gained attention after traveling by wheelchair, fleeing conflict in the Syrian Civil War, before arriving and resettling in Germany. She was listed as one of the BBC's ''100 Women'' in 2018, and her story was featured on the television show ''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver''. In 2019 she became the first disabled person to brief the United Nations Security Council, and was the recipient of the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism from Human Rights Watch. She has co-authored two books about her experiences. She resides in Wesseling where she attends a school for those with disabilities. Provided by Wikipedia