Summia Tora

Summia Tora is an Afghan campaigner for women's and refugee rights and a social entrepreneur. In November 2023, she was included on the BBC's 100 Women list.

Early life and education Tora's family, who is of Uzbek descent, fled Afghanistan in 1997 due to the rise of the Taliban. They resettled in Peshwar, Pakistan, where Tora attended school. and went on to attend Earlham College, where she graduated in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in both Economics and Peace and Global Studies.

Tora became the first Afghan Rhodes Scholar in 2020.

Activism and entrepreneurship Tora has worked with refugees and asylum seekers globally since a young age. She has advocated for Afghan refugees' rights in Pakistan, Greece, United Kingdom and the United States.

Recognition In 2022, Tora was one of 18 recipients of the Echoing Green Fellowship.

In November 2023, Tora was named to the BBC's 100 Women list.

Personal life Tora's family were living in Afghanistan by 2021. Shortly before the Fall of Kabul, Tora's mother and siblings fled to Pakistan, but her father and uncle remained in the country with no way to leave. With Tora's Oxford connections, she was able to get her father and uncle on an evacuation flight out of Kabul, which left on August 24, 2021. Her family was later resettled in the United States in April 2023.