Muzoon Almellehan

Muzoon Almellehan (; born 1999) is a Syrian activist and refugee resettled in the United Kingdom. She is known for her work to keep Syrian girls in school, and has been referred to as the "Malala of Syria".

Biography Almellehan was born on April 16, 1999, to Eman and Rakan Almellehan, Her father was a schoolteacher. The first camp they lived in was Za'atari, from where they moved to Azraq, another Jordanian camp. While there, her family received offers to move to Canada or Sweden. Almellehan's father rejected these for logistical reasons. Almellehan became known for trying to persuade parents to leave their children, particularly girls, in refugee schools rather than making them marry early.

Almellehan is a friend of Malala Yousafzai, whom she met in 2014 when Yousafzai was visiting the refugee camp Almellehan was staying in. Yousafzai later invited Almellehan to the ceremony at which the former received the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2015, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.

On October 16, 2017, Muzoon travelled back to Jordan for the first time after her migration to meet, support and help the students of the war stricken country, who were determined to gain education even during the toughest circumstances within the country.

Almellehan became the youngest GoodWill Ambassador of UNICEF in June 2017.