Amara Majeed
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Amara Majeed (born 16 July 1997)[1] is a Muslim American activist and author of The Foreigners. In 2015, she was featured in 2015 BBC's 100 Women.[1] She is founder of The Hijab Project, an organization that empowers Muslim women and encourages open dialogue through social experimentation.[2]
Her letter to Donald Trump, published by Seventeen Magazine,[3] led to media recognition.[4]
Majeed graduated from Towson High School.[5] She is currently studying Political Science and Lived Islam at Brown University and has a passion for Sufism.[6] Majeed intends to pursue graduate school at University of Cambridge. Her family is from Sri Lanka.[5]
A photo of Majeed was mistakenly used by Sri Lankan police in releasing details on six suspects in the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings.[7]