Maha Mamo

Maha Mamo (born February 29, 1988) is a Brazilian human rights activist. She is an advocate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' #IBelong campaign, which seeks to end gender discrimination in nationality laws through local and international advocacy.

Early life Mamo was born in 1988 to Syrian nationals. Her father was Christian and her mother was Muslim, barring them from legal marriage and thus preventing Mamo and her two brothers, Souad and Eddie, from obtaining Syrian citizenship. In absence of identification documents during the Lebanese Civil War, Mamo and her brothers avoided potential security checkpoints, thus restricting them from education and healthcare services.

Activism In 2014, the Brazilian embassy invited Mamo and her siblings under a special visa for Syrians.