Farea Al-Muslimi () is a

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

i writer and activist.

Education

He holds a bachelor's degree in public policy from

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Career

He delivered a speech before members of the U.S. Congress against U.S. drone strikes in

and highlighted the price paid by innocent civilians in Yemen because of those attacks. He wrote an editorial on the situation.

Foreign Policy magazine Foreign policy, also known as external policy, is the set of strategies and actions a state employs in its interactions with other states, unions, and international entities. It encompasses a wide range of objectives, including defense and ...

included him in its annual list of the 100 most preeminent global thinkers in 2013. He was the second-youngest person in the world on the list (older than

Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai (; , pronunciation: ; born 12 July 1997) is a Pakistani female education activist, film and television producer, and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the age of 17. She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history, ...

). He was the first Yemeni to deliver a speech to the

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and the second Yemeni included in the list of

Foreign Policy Foreign policy, also known as external policy, is the set of strategies and actions a State (polity), state employs in its interactions with other states, unions, and international entities. It encompasses a wide range of objectives, includ ...

, following

Tawakkol Karman Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Khalid Karman (; ; born 7 February 1979) is a Yemeni journalist, politician, and human rights activist. She co-founded and leads 'Women Journalists Without Chains', a group established in 2005 to advocate for press freedom ...

who won the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muslimi, Farea Yemeni writers American University of Beirut alumni