Mishkat Al-Moumin

Mishkat Al-Moumin ( Mishkāt al-Mū‘min, also Romanized al-Mumin) is an Iraqi lawyer and lecturer. She served as the Minister of Environment in the Iraqi Interim Government under Iyad Allawi (2004–05). After surviving several assassination attempts due to her advocacy for women's rights, she moved to the United States.

Biography Mishkat al-Moumin was born in Beirut,

Al-Moumin established and became the director of Women and Environment Organisation. She has also been the Women's Issues director at the Free Iraq Foundation. Following further attempts on her life, she relocated to the United States in 2005. George Mason University appointed her as an adjunct professor of environmental studies in 2006. She is also a fellow of Environmental Law Institute. She holds an M.A. in public administration from Harvard University (2006).