Maha Mamo
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| Born | Maha Mamo February 29, 1988 (age 33) Beirut, Lebanon | ||
| Nationality | Lebanese | ||
| Citizenship | Lebanon | ||
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| Known for | Human Rights Activism, Stateless. | ||
| Website | https://www.mahamamo.com/ | ||
Maha Mamo (born February 29, 1988) is a former Statelessness, Brazil motivational speaker and human rights Activism, born in Lebanon to Syrians parents, who couldn't get any citizenship due to her parent's Religion, by restrictions stated in Syria and Lebanon nationality laws.[1][2] [3]
Biography
Born in Lebanon, in 1988, to Syrian citizens. The fact that her father was christian and her mother was muslim made them impossible to register their marriage legally, also Maha's birth, preventing her to gain citizenship. She was also not considered Lebanese as the Lebanon nationality law does not automatically grant citizenship to people born there.[4][5]
Without documents, she lived a childhood full of struggles, to study, to get medical care, to even walk in the streets, having to avoid police control points, because she had no identity documents to prove her nationality or identity.[6] [7] [8]
In 2018, by a change of laws, Brazil recognized stateless people, making naturalization possible.[9]
On 4 October 2018, Maha received the document annoucing her citizenship from Brazil’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo [10][3]
Maha is an activist for the UNHCR campaign #IBelong, in favor of the stateless people [11]
Bibliography
References
- ↑ "A gratidão ao Brasil da refugiada sem pátria que acabou perdendo irmão em assalto". BBC News Brasil (in português do Brasil). 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ↑ "La lucha de Maha Mamo por existir: «La apatridia acaba con tu vida, te quita todo»". El Desconcierto - Prensa digital libre (in español). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Maha Mamo | TEDx Place des Nations". tedxplacedesnationswomen.ch. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ↑ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Duga borba za državljanstvo | DW | 06.03.2019". DW.COM (in hrvatski). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ↑ PERÚ, NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO (2019-12-24). "Los apátridas, viajeros sin patria (ni pasaporte) | Kathy subirana, Jesús, navidad, migración, venezuela, biblia | ELDOMINICAL". El Comercio Perú (in español). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ↑ "The Ambassador of the Stateless". Female One Zero. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
- ↑ Clara 8A, Telling the story of Maha Mamo-Ana. "Telling the story of Maha Mamo- Ana Clara 8A". Google Podcasts. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
- ↑ Londoño, Ernesto (2020-12-25). "Stateless, She Became the Face of a Largely Invisible Plight". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ↑ Foundation, Thomson Reuters. "I found a country, but lost my brother - stateless activist". news.trust.org. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ↑ "Maha Mamo e Cate Blanchett participam de conferência da ONU em Genebra". CLAUDIA (in português do Brasil). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ↑ Author, No (2019-10-08). "Film great Cate Blanchett decries 'heartbreaking' plight of stateless". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ Mamo, Maha; Oliveira, Darcio (2020-11-30). Maha Mamo: A luta de uma apátrida pelo direito de existir (in português do Brasil). Globo Livros. ISBN 978-65-86047-43-1.
- ↑ "Maha Mamo: A luta de uma apátrida pelo direito de existir". globolivros.globo.com. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
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