# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/amena-karimyan
# Generated: 2026-09-04T21:10:35.937Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/amena-karimyan"
name: "Amena Karimyan"
slug: "amena-karimyan"
description: "Amena Karimyan is an Afghan astronomer and women's rights activist. She is also a civil engineer and founder of the Kayhana Astronomical Group, an organization that encourages young women and women in the field of astronomy. She was ranked as one of the 100 most inspiring women in the world by BBC 100 Women in 2021."
tagline: "Astronomer, Engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amena_Karimyan20250209.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1996-11-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.87
  momentum:             2.727272727272728
  historical:           11.40468
  currentAttention:     15.15151515151515
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/AmenaKarimyan"
    handle:    "AmenaKarimyan"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm17079277/"
    handle:    "nm17079277"
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omina_Karimyan"
    title: "Omina Karimyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "আমেনা করিমিয়ান"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amena_Karimyan"
    title: "Amena Karimyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amena_Karimyan"
    title: "Amena Karimyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amena_Karimyan"
    title: "Amena Karimyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amena_Karimyan"
    title: "Amena Karimyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amena_Karimyan"
    title: "Amena Karimyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amena_Karimyan"
    title: "Amena Karimyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amena_Karimyan"
    title: "Amena Karimyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amena_Karimyan"
    title: "Amena Karimyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amena_Karimyan"
    title: "Amena Karimyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amena_Karimyan"
    title: "Amena Karimyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%81_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "امینہ کریمین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110063125"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5928336"
    title: "Amena Karimyan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump