Amina is the President of the Board of Attawasul
Association for Youth, Women, & Children of Free Libya, which
is considered one of the most active Libyan NGOs after Feb
17th Revolution in 2011, aiming at the empowerment of
youth and women through developing their abilities and leadership
skills, leading advocacy campaigns and encouraging open dialogue
for the whole community. Amina is also a board member of the Libyan
NGOs Coalition, which coordinates and connects more than one
hundred local NGOs.
As a civil society activist, in a transitional period,
Amina has participated in the development of many community-based
programs that focusses on the process of constructing a
constitutional and democratic state. She has co-founded the Libyan
Center for Democracy and Rule of Law and the Civil State Libyan
Forum, and she is a member of the Libyan Women Platform of Peace
(LWPP).
Amina has given numerous presentations and led
workshops on the necessity of women's and youth's participation and
civil society in Libya's transition. Among these are open panel
discussions on" Civil Society Organizations and the Current
Challenges" on 28 October 2011, "Characteristics of Civil Society
after February 17th Revolution" on 15 November 2011, and
"Women's Quota: Opportunities and challenges" on 29 December
2011.
Professionally, Amina is an Assistant Professor of
English at the English Department, University of Benghazi
(Garyounis) in Benghazi, Libya. She has been working there since
2000. She is the department coordinator for quality assurance and
the Head of the Listening and Speaking Team.
Before joining the University of Benghazi, Amina
worked at the United Arab Emirates University in Al-Ain for 18
years, where she was the Lead Teacher and faculty liaison for
English for Science. Amina established with a team of 8 instructors
the ESP Unit at the UAE University in 1990. This involved the
development of course objectives, syllabi, and teaching materials
for seven ESP courses.
Amina has a significant publication and presentation
record as an academic. She is the co-author of English for
Medicine (2009), the main textbook for pre-medical students at
the University of Benghazi; a co-author of English for
Scientific Studies (2003); and a co-author of A Student's
Guide to Writing Undergraduate Research Papers (1999). In
addition, she has written many papers and articles published in
academic journals and magazines and participated in many workshops
and forums.
Amina's hometown is Benghazi, Libya, where she went to
school and then university. She had her BA in English from the
University of Benghazi in 1976. Then, she had the opportunity to
travel to the United States with her husband in 1977. She decided
to continue her studies and received her MA in higher Education
from the University of Northern Colorado in 1982.
Amina now lives in Benghazi with her husband Mohamed
and her daughter Sara and son Bashir. Her older two daughters and
son, Deena, Dana, and Sadik are married and live abroad. Amina
enjoys being a grandmother to Reem, Lamar, and Razan.
