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Alyasa Abbas

Alyasa Abbas

Doha Debates Ambassador 2023

Nabila Abbas

Nabila Abbas

Doha Debates Ambassador 2024

Kamran Abbasi

Kamran Abbasi

Doctor and journalist

Randa Abdel-Fattah

Randa Abdel-Fattah

Australian Author

Muhammad Abduhoo

Muhammad Abduhoo

Doha Debates Ambassador 2022

Muhammad Abdullah

Muhammad Abdullah

Doha Debates Ambassador 2024

Ewaru Abel

Ewaru Abel

Doha Debates Ambassador 2023

Hossam Abo Shammallah

Hossam Abo Shammallah

Doha Debates Ambassador 2024

Yana Abu Taleb

Yana Abu Taleb

Jordanian director of EcoPeace Middle East

Ranneme Abu-Hajar

Ranneme Abu-Hajar

Doha Debates Ambassador 2024

Yilmaz Acar

Yilmaz Acar

Doha Debates Ambassador 2023

Duaa Adnan

Duaa Adnan

Doha Debates Ambassador 2024

Haben Girma

Haben Girma

Disability rights activist

About Haben Girma

The first deaf-blind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben Girma is a human rights lawyer advancing disability justice. President Obama named her a White House Champion of Change in 2013. She received the Helen Keller Achievement Award, a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and TIME100 Talks. President Bill Clinton, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have all honored Haben. Haben believes disability is an opportunity for innovation, and she teaches organizations the importance of choosing inclusion. The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, and the Today show featured her memoir, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law.

 

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