Rabia Nasimi

Rabia Nasimi (born 15 December 1993) is a former Afghan refugee who fled Afghanistan in 1999 and now campaigns for refugee rights in London.[1] Nasimi is a refugee activist in London[2][3] where she works for the Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA) as the organisation's development officer and is responsible for launching several services and shaping the charities long term strategy[4][5]. In 2017 she was accepted as a sociology PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge.[6]

Rabia Nasimi
Personal details
BornUkraine
NationalityBritish Afghan
ParentsNooralhaq Nasimi, Mahboba Nasimi
RelativesShabnam Nasimi, Darius Nasimi and Sheekeba Nasimi
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge

Nasimi and her family fled Afghanistan in 1999 out of fear of persecution at the hands of the Taliban.[7] They arrived in the UK in the back of a refrigerated container [8] and in 2001 the family established the Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA), a charity dedicated to improving the lives of Afghans and all refugees in London. Nasimi volunteered with the organisation from the beginning,[9] and became the Development Officer responsible for designing and shaping the organisations long term strategy as well creating and launching new services such as the ACAA's supplementary school for struggling refugees or the ESOL for Integration programme.

In 2015 she was nominated for the Afghan Professionals Network Aspire Award for outstanding contributions to the Afghan community in London while in 2017 she was nominated for the Lewisham Mayors Award for contributions to Lewisham. In 2018 she was nominated for the WeAreTheCity Rising Stars Award,[10] shortlisted for the Women of the Future Award[11], and for the Asian Voice Charity Awards in the most inspiring young person category for her work advocating refugee rights both in the UK and Afghanistan.[12]

References
  1. "From Afghanistan to Cambridge". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  2. "Eid cease-fire shows Afghans there is an alternative". Arab News. 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  3. "473 million women won't be able to read this article". Newsweek. 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  4. Science, London School of Economics and Political. "Rabia Nasimi". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  5. "Rabia Nasimi Interview: Personal Experiences and Voluntary Work (Part 1) – Cambridge Refugee Scholarship Campaign". camrefugeecampaign.org. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  6. "Rabia Nasimi: From escaping the Taliban to a PhD at Cambridge | Eastlondonlines". Eastlondonlines. 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  7. "21st Century Women: Rabia Nasimi". Cambridge 105 Radio. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  8. Care, Adam (2017-10-23). "'I arrived in the UK in a lorry - now I'm a Cambridge student'". cambridgenews. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  9. Magazine, Brown Girl (2017-12-06). "This is How Rabia Nasimi Escaped the Taliban Regime to Pursue her Studies at Cambridge University". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  10. "Rabia Nasimi | Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA) - WeAreTheCity Rising Star Awards". WeAreTheCity Rising Star Awards. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  11. "2018 - Women of the Future Awards". Women of the Future Awards. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  12. "Shortlist 2018 // Charity Awards". Asian Voice Charity Awards, powered by Charity Clarity. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
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