Maryam al-Khawaja Net Worth

Background and career

Maryam Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja (Arabic: مريم عبد الهادي الخواجة, romanized: Maryam ʻAbd al-Hādī al-Khawājah; born 26 June 1987) is a Bahraini-Danish human rights activist. She is the daughter of the Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and a leading voice for human rights and political reform in Bahrain and the Gulf region. She has been influential in shaping official responses to human rights atrocities in Bahrain and the Gulf region by leading campaigns and engaging with prominent policymakers around the world.

Since 2022, she has served as the Executive Director of the Free Al Khawaja Campaign that advocates and works for the release of her father.

She is the former Co-Director and Special Advisor on Advocacy at the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), Co-Director of Frida - Young Feminist Fund, and the Europe Director and Interim Advocacy Director at Physicians for Human Rights. She has worked as a consultant with various NGOs and has served as a board member for CIVICUS, International Service for Human Rights, No Hiding Place, Urgent Action Fund and as the Co-Chair of the Board of Advisors for Digital Democracy Initiative.