Amanda Figueras

Amanda Figueras (born Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona; born 1978)[1] is a Spanish journalist for El Mundo and a writer.

Career

Figueras holds a degree in Journalism and studied for one year in a Portuguese university in line with the Erasmus Programme.[2] Also, she has informal studies of Islamic culture and since 2004 she also writes about the Muslim community. After working for a decade as a journalist for Spanish daily El Mundo, where she has been successfully involved finding synergies between the online and the print edition and established the European Affairs section.[2] After converting to Islam, she wrote a book called "Why Islam: my life as a woman, European and Muslim." She said her journey to Islam started in the aftermath of the 2004 Madrid train bombings. She is a United Nations Alliance of Civilizations fellow and lives between Madrid and Cairo.[2] In 2015, she began working as a project and communications manager at Foro Abraham for Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue. Among the websites she writes articles for is The Islamic Monthly.[3][4][5]

Personal life

Figueras shares her faith with her Egyptian husband and a three-year-old son.[3]

References
  1. "Why Islam? My life as a woman, a European and a Muslim". Casa Arabe. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. "Amanda Figueras". UNAOC Fellowship. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  3. "'The simplest things opened my eyes to Islam': Writer shares experience of being Spanish Muslim woman". Arab News. 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  4. "Amanda Figueras, Author at The Islamic Monthly". The Islamic Monthly. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  5. "Refugees and Migrants in Europe: Discrimination and Xenophobia during COVID-19". KAICIID. 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
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