# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kat-abughazaleh
# Generated: 2026-09-04T21:11:02.196Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kat-abughazaleh"
name: "Kat Abughazaleh"
slug: "kat-abughazaleh"
description: "Katherine Marie Abughazaleh, known professionally as Kat Abu, is an American journalist and social media influencer. Abughazaleh rose to prominence while working at Media Matters for America, where she gained popularity for her criticism of Fox News personality Tucker Carlson. Abughazaleh's writing has been published by Mother Jones and The New Republic. A progressive and democratic socialist member of the Democratic Party, she was a candidate for the 2026 United States House of Representatives primary election in Illinois's 9th congressional district, placing second behind Evanston mayor Daniel Biss."
tagline: "American journalist and political candidate (born 1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kat_Abughazaleh_2_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1999-03-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.433718666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 103
totalFollowers: 170000
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.katforillinois.com/"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kabughazaleh/"
    handle:    "kabughazaleh"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@katmabu"
    handle:    "katmabu"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/KatAbughazaleh"
    handle:    "KatAbughazaleh"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-abughazaleh/"
    handle:    "katherine-abughazaleh"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm17169036/"
    handle:    "nm17169036"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcUQafLxJr0SdxqYdN6JFGQ"
    handle:    "@katmabu"
    followers: 170000
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%B9_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%81"
    title: "کیٹ ابو غزالہ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9"
    title: "كاثرين ماري أبو غزالة"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Abughazaleh"
    title: "Kat Abughazaleh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Abughazaleh"
    title: "Kat Abughazaleh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Abughazaleh"
    title: "Kat Abughazaleh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Abughazaleh"
    title: "Kat Abughazaleh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Abughazaleh"
    title: "Kat Abughazaleh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Abughazaleh"
    title: "Kat Abughazaleh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Abughazaleh"
    title: "Kat Abughazaleh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133510781"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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