Abeer Khreisha

Jordanian humanitarian
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IntroJordanian humanitarian
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Biography

Abeer Khreisha (Arabic: عبير خريشة, ʻAbīr Khurayshah; born 1968 or 1969) is a Jordanian refugee support volunteer who was the Middle East regional winner of the Nansen Refugee Award in 2019.

Early life

Khreisha's father died when she was a teenager.

Adult volunteering

Khreisha has volunteered for 20 years at the Princess Basma Community Centre in her hometown of Madaba and nearby, where she supports the entrepreneurship of refugee women. She is known as the "mother of Syrians."

She was the Middle East winner of the Nansen Refugee Award in 2019.

Personal life

Khreisha was aged 50 in 2019.

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