Ameen Hussain Jubran (born 1984) is a Yemeni chemist and the founder of

Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development, also known as Jeel Albena, is a Yemeni not for profit organisation, founded by Ameen Jubran in 2017. It won the Nansen Refugee Award in 2021. Nomenclature ''Jeel'' is Arabic for ''generation ...

. In 2021, he accepted a

Nansen Refugee Award The Nansen Refugee Award is awarded annually by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to an individual, group, or organization in recognition of outstanding service to the cause of refugees, Internally displaced person, displac ...

on behalf of the organisation.

Early life and education

Jubran was born in

Saada Saada ( ar, صَعْدَة, translit=Ṣaʿda), a city and ancient capital in the northwest of Yemen, is the capital and largest city of the province of the same name, and the county seat of the county of the same name. The city is located in the ...

, Yemen in 1984 and studied chemistry at

Sa'ada University Sa'ada University is a university in Saada, Yemen. History Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh announced the construction of the university in 2010, in order to better service the educational needs of people in Sa'ada province, who at the tim ...

Adult life

In 2017, during the

Yemeni Civil war Yemeni Civil War may refer to several historical events which have taken place in Yemen: *Alwaziri coup, February – March 1948 *Yemeni–Adenese clan violence, 1956–60 *North Yemen Civil War, 1962–70 *Aden Emergency, 1963–67 *South Yemen#Di ...

, Jubran founded

not-for-profit organization. The organization provides relief to displaced people in the form of emergency shelter, non-food assistance, and

protection Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although th ...

services. During the war, Jubran was displaced by violence four times, and was narrowly missed by an airstrike in 2018. Jubran accepted the Nansen Refugee Award in 2021, on behalf of Jeel Albena.

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