Skip to content

Yassmin's Story
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Yassmin's Story Paperback - 2016

by Yassmin Abdel-Magied

From the publisher

At 21, Yassmin found herself working on a remote Australian oil and gas rig; she was the only woman and certainly the only Sudanese-Egyptian-Australian-with-some-Turkish-and-Moroccan-background Muslim woman. With her hijab quickly christened a "tea cosy" there could not be a more unlikely place on earth for a young Muslim woman to want to be. This is the story of how she got there, where she is going, and how she wants the world to change. Born in the Sudan, Yassmin and her parents moved to Brisbane when she was two, and she has been tackling barriers ever since. At 16 she founded Youth Without Borders, an organization focused on helping young people to work for positive change in their communities. In 2007 she was named Young Australian Muslim of the Year and in 2010 Young Queenslander of the Year. In 2011 Yassmin graduated with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (First Class Honours), and in 2012 she was named Young Leader of the Year in the Australian Financial Review and Westpac's inaugural 100 Women of Influence Awards as well as an InStyle cultural leader and a Marie Claire woman of the future.

Details

  • Title Yassmin's Story
  • Author Yassmin Abdel-Magied
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Random House Australia
  • Date 2016
  • ISBN 9780857986153 / 0857986155

About the author

Yassmin Abdel-Magied is the 2015 Queensland Young Australian of the Year, as well as a mechanical engineer, social advocate, writer, and petrol head. At 16, Yassmin Abdel-Magied founded Youth Without Borders, an organization focused on enabling young people to work for positive change in their communities. In 2012 she was named Young Leader in the Australian Financial Review and Westpac's inaugural 100 Women of Influence Awards. She graduated top of her university year in 2011 with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (First Class Honours), and was a recipient of the University of Queensland's Dean's Excellence scholarship. In 2007, Yassmin was named Young Australian Muslim of the Year for her work in the community and in 2010 Young Queenslander of the Year. She serves on various state and federal councils and is currently works as an engineering specialist on oil and gas rigs.

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.