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Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Leadership and Diversity Expert | Social Advocate

Yassmin Abdel-Magied
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied
What Does my Headscarf Mean to You?
WTF is Sharia?
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied
What Does my Headscarf Mean to You?
WTF is Sharia?
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a diaspora writer, broadcaster, and award-winning social advocate. Her powerful TED talk, “What Does My Headscarf Mean to You” has more than 2.5 million views and was selected as one of TED’s top 10 ideas. With a unique ability to make complex ideas accessible to all, Abdel-Magied is an internationally renowned speaker on unconscious bias and transformative leadership on a mission to make diversity the norm across the world.

With over a decade of governance experience across sectors, Abdel-Magied’s work is informed by both theory and experience. She founded Youth Without Borders at the age of 16, leading it for nine years before founding Mumtaza, which focuses on serving and empowering women of colour. She is also a former mechanical engineer and one of the few female engineers who worked on oil and gas rigs around Australia.

An experienced broadcaster, Abdel-Magied has presented on television and podcasts in Australia, Britain, and the US, including the current affairs show, Australia Wide; the ground-breaking documentary, The Truth About Racism; and Hijabistas, a series exploring Australia’s modest fashion scene. She is currently a regular news and current affairs commentator on the BBC, Aljazeera, and Monocle 24, and hosts podcasts such as Motor Mouth, EY’s Better Questions, and The Guilty Feminist.

Abdel-Magied has published five books, written two plays, and is currently developing several projects for screen. Her commentary and criticism has appeared in TIME, The Guardian, Australian Review of Books, The New York Times, Times Literary Supplement, Vogue, and more. Across fiction and non-fiction, she explores human and power dynamics in politics, culture, and technology, analyzing systemic challenges and reframing established narratives. In all her work, Abdel-Magied is an advocate for transformative justice and a fairer, safer world for all.

Abdel-Magied has been awarded numerous awards for her advocacy, including the Young Voltaire Award for Free Speech and Queensland Young Australian of the Year. As an award-winning and globally sought-after advisor on engaging diverse communities and inclusive leadership, she has delivered keynotes and workshops in 25 countries.

Abdel-Magied is currently a Trustee of the London Library and on the Executive Committee of the Black Writers Guild. She previously served on the boards of the Queensland Museum, ChildFund Australia, and the domestic violence prevention organization, OurWatch.

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Presentations listed below include in-person and virtual keynotes, as well as workshops, fireside chats, and other presentation formats.

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  • We loved Yassmin’s energy and her helpful advice on mentorship, unconscious bias, and tackling diversity and inclusion issues in the workplace. Thank you Yassmin!

  • The first time I saw Yassmin present I was hugely impressed. Speaking to an dominantly white, middle aged male audience from the petroleum industry, Yassmin spoke about inclusiveness and diversity and blew them away…She won over a potentially sceptical audience with personal stories, charm, warmth, humour, and importantly, a gentle provocation that simply gets individuals to consider why we think the way we always have, and do we need to reassess. As Yassmin puts it, being young, female, brown and Muslim, she’s a walking minority and has a good handle on what it takes to feel included.  Her talk, and a generous Q and A that followed, generated a buzz of excitement and catalysed many constructive conversations in my organisation. Yassmin added real value to our journey towards a better organisational culture. She makes a difference!

  • An outstanding, inspirational, insightful, connected, topical and learning laden presentation… You are the best keynote we have ever had.

  • Yassmin delivered a keynote address to a group of 400 senior global managers. She maintained the attention of the group by delivering a set of simple and powerful messages in a very personal and compelling way. She has developed a level of insight and maturity well beyond her years.

  • Yassmin is such a natural and gifted presenter – her fierce intelligence, her empathy and her humour made it one of the best stage presentations I’ve ever seen.

  • I would like to extend a BIG Thank You from us to Yassmin for her inspiring keynote presentations, which included a wonderful mix of personal stories, humour and calls to action. She left us with much to take away and reflect on and was also very engaging!! It was also great to have the chance to meet her.

  • Our speaker event with Yassmin was beyond our expectations. From the early planning stages of our event, Yassmin was extremely professional, supportive and invested in learning more about what stage our organization was at in our DEI journey, so she could be help us move forward! This session was one of the most anticipated events of the year and it was a massive success. Yassmin was one of the best speakers we have welcomed to Hyundai, her session was real, engaging and brought humour in where necessary to bring home the message.

    It was such a pleasure and honour to work with Yassmin on this session!

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