The Resource Yassmin's story : who do you think I am?, Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Yassmin's story : who do you think I am?, Yassmin Abdel-Magied
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- Summary
- Frank, fearless, funny, articulate and inspiring, Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a dynamo, a young Muslim dynamo offering a bracing breath of fresh air - and hope. 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 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 organisation 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 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 M
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 322, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "Penguin Random House Australia"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9780857986153
- Label
- Yassmin's story : who do you think I am?
- Title
- Yassmin's story
- Title remainder
- who do you think I am?
- Statement of responsibility
- Yassmin Abdel-Magied
- Subject
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- Determination (Personality trait)
- Mechanical engineers -- Australia -- Biography
- Muslim women -- Australia -- Biography
- Role models -- Australia
- Sudanese Australians -- Women -- Australia -- Biography
- Women engineers -- Australia -- Biography
- Abdel-Magied, Yassmin, 1991-
- Abdel-Magied, Yassmin, 1991- -- Influence
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Frank, fearless, funny, articulate and inspiring, Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a dynamo, a young Muslim dynamo offering a bracing breath of fresh air - and hope. 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 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 organisation 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 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 M
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1991-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Abdel-Magied, Yassmin
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Abdel-Magied, Yassmin
- Abdel-Magied, Yassmin
- Women engineers
- Mechanical engineers
- Sudanese Australians
- Determination (Personality trait)
- Role models
- Muslim women
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Yassmin's story : who do you think I am?, Yassmin Abdel-Magied
- Note
- "Penguin Random House Australia"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- Control code
- 20637536
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 322, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780857986153
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour)
- System control number
- (Sirsi) 20637536
- Label
- Yassmin's story : who do you think I am?, Yassmin Abdel-Magied
- Note
- "Penguin Random House Australia"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- Control code
- 20637536
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 322, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780857986153
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour)
- System control number
- (Sirsi) 20637536
Subject
- Determination (Personality trait)
- Mechanical engineers -- Australia -- Biography
- Muslim women -- Australia -- Biography
- Role models -- Australia
- Sudanese Australians -- Women -- Australia -- Biography
- Women engineers -- Australia -- Biography
- Abdel-Magied, Yassmin, 1991-
- Abdel-Magied, Yassmin, 1991- -- Influence
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