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Rangina Hamidi

Afghan-American activist, writer and politician · Afghanistan · On the map · Writers · Born 1978 · age 48

Rangina Hamidi is an Afghan-American writer, educator, social activist, and politician. She is well known as an advocate for women's rights in Afghanistan and has engaged in various social projects to empower girls and women in Afghanistan.

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Hamidi has served as an education minister of Afghanistan, until the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan with the fall of Kabul in 2021. She was the first female education minister of Afghanistan. During the Afghanistan being taken over by the Taliban, she vowed to stay in Afghanistan and continue her humanitarian efforts by actively involving in empowerment of Afghan women. However, after several weeks, she fled with her family to Arizona.

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Afghanistan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1978 · age 48