Maya Ghazal
Maya Ghazal (Arabic: مايا غزال) is a UK-based Syrian refugee, a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, the first female Syrian refugee pilot, and a Diana Award winner.
Early life in Syria[edit | edit source]
Ghazal was born to a father who ran a fabric factory on the outskirts of Damascus[1] and has two brothers.[2]
The Syrian civil war started in 2011, when she was 12 years old.[2]
Life in the United Kingdom[edit | edit source]
In September 2015,[3] at the age of 16, with her mother and siblings, following the path that her father took, Ghazal fled Syria to Birmingham, UK.[4] In the UK, she struggled to continue her education, because 16 is a legal school-leaving age in the UK, no school was obliged to accept her, and the schools did not respect her Syrian education credentials.[1]
The family moved from Birmingham to London.[2]
In 2017, Ghazal was one of 20 people to be given a Diana Award.[5][6]
Ghazal studied aeronautical engineering and pilot education Brunel University London.[1][3] In 2020, she became the first female Syrian refugee pilot and in 2021 she became a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador.[2]
References[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 'Saya adalah seorang pengungsi... Sekarang saya mengendalikan hidup saya seperti saya mengendalikan pesawat’. Swaminathan Natarajan. (2021-09-09) Retrieved 2022-07-31 from BBC News Indonesia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 How Maya Ghazal became the first female Syrian refugee pilot. Liam Freeman. (2021-06-21) Retrieved 2022-07-31 from Vogue India
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Meet Maya Ghazal. (2018-08-01) Retrieved 2022-07-31 from The Diana Award
- ↑ 5 Gen Z activists and changemakers to have on your radar for 2021. Maria Coole. (2021-03-08) Retrieved 2022-07-31 from Marie Claire
- ↑
- ↑ People Magazine (2021) Diana: Her Life and Legacy. United Kingdom: TI Incorporated Books.
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