Frank, fearless, funny, articulate, and inspiring,&nbsp;Yassmin Abdel-Magied&nbsp;is a young Muslim dynamo offering a bracing breath of fresh air—and hope. At 21, Yassmin found herself working on a remote Australian oil and gas rig; she was the only woman and certainly the only&nbsp;Sudanese-Egyptian-Australian background Muslim woman.&nbsp;With her hijab quickly christened a "tea cosy," there could not be a more unlikely place on earth for a young Muslim woman to want to be. This is the story of how she got there, where she is going, and how she wants the world to change. Born in Sudan, Yassmin and her parents moved to Brisbane when she was two, and she has been tackling barriers ever since. At 16 she founded Youth Without Borders, an organization focused on helping young people to work for positive change in their communities. In 2007 she was named Young Australian Muslim of the Year and in 2010 Young Queenslander of the Year.&nbsp;&nbsp;In 2011 Yassmin graduated with a&nbsp;Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (First Class Honours)&nbsp;and in 2012 she was named&nbsp;Young Leader of the Year&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Australian Financial Review&nbsp;and Westpac's inaugural 100 Women of Influence Awards, as well as an&nbsp;InStyle cultural leader&nbsp;and a&nbsp;Marie Claire Woman Of The Future. Yassmin has now been awarded&nbsp;Youth of the Year in the Australian Muslim Achievement Awards. Penguin Random House&nbsp;is contributing royalties to&nbsp;Youth Without Borders.

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