# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mirna-el-helbawi
# Generated: 2026-09-01T13:05:33.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mirna-el-helbawi"
name: "Mirna El Helbawi"
slug: "mirna-el-helbawi"
description: "Mirna El Helbawi is an Egyptian journalist, writer, podcaster and activist. She is the founder of Connecting Humanity, a non-profit organisation that helps people in Gaza to regain access to the internet, using donated eSIMs. She was nominated for the Arab Journalism Award in 2016 and won the Electronic Frontier Foundation award for 'Championing internet access in Gaza' in 2024."
tagline: "Egyptian journalist and activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mirna_El_Helbawi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Egypt"
  isoCode: "EG"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1992"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.38
  momentum:             5.29100529100529
  historical:           7.677070666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mirna_elhelbawi/"
    handle:    "mirna_elhelbawi"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/mirnaelhelbawiofficial"
    handle:    "mirnaelhelbawiofficial"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%81%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "میرنا الہلباوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "ميرنا الهلباوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirna_El_Helbawi"
    title: "Mirna El Helbawi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirna_El_Helbawi"
    title: "Mirna El Helbawi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirna_El_Helbawi"
    title: "Mirna El Helbawi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirna_El_Helbawi"
    title: "Mirna El Helbawi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirna_El_Helbawi"
    title: "Mirna El Helbawi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirna_El_Helbawi"
    title: "Mirna El Helbawi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirna_El_Helbawi"
    title: "Mirna El Helbawi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124988443"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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