Farah Kassab

19 year-old Farah Kassab from Jordan is currently studying law at the University of Cambridge as a first-year student. Her activism started when she gave a TedxTalk about society's old fashioned ideologies about the living arrangements of women. Farah has lived under female authority her entire life. Society labeled her family as "incomplete" due to the lack of a male figure; whereas to her, her life was beautifully complete.

In her gap year, Farah interned at a NGO called Arab Women Organisation of Jordan (AWO) where she learned more deeply about the specific laws that discriminate against women. Farah now works with Purposeful as part of the advisory panel for the Arab States to help give funds to groups of adolescent girls and young women to support their initiatives.

One action Farah would like everyone to take:

“I would highly encourage people to read more about the current situation of women in the Middle-East. The socio-cultural setting is still the main cause of the painful deaths of many women, young women, adolescent girls and girls due to honour killings. Just reading, finding petitions online (as there are many), and educating oneself on the affairs of other countries is a massive step to achieving a small change but impactful change.”

Watch Farah’s TedxTalk.