Somia is a Yemeni-American organizer, educator, and advocate. She is the founder of Women Empowerment Coalition of NYC.
She uses to serve as the Adult Education and Women’s Empowerment Program Manager at the Arab American Association of New York. She joined the association in 2011 as a volunteer.
she is a dynamic leader, English language instructor, and activist. Somia’s passion for community organizing, education, and women’s empowerment began as a student leader at Sana’a University in Yemen, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and Mathematics. Since then, Somia has led Brooklyn’s Arab-American community in voter registration drives, town halls, small group meetings, and actions and rallies of local, national, and international import.
Somia doesn’t shy to speak truth to power, whether at the Women’s March on Washington, protesting Trump’s Muslim Ban, holding city council members accountable to their constituents, defending the rights of domestic violence survivors, or protesting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s visit to New York City for his continued war in Yemen.
In addition to her work as an advocate and educator with the Arab American Association, Somia serves as the chair of the board of Action corps which is fighting for the humanitarian issues around the world .
She is also the founder of the Union of Arab Women, a member-led organization encouraging the civic engagement, economic empowerment, health, vote registration and education of New York’s Arab women.
Somia received many awards including the latest ” Woman of Distinction Award in 2019″ form the Assembly woman Mathylde Frontus.
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