Yasmin Abdel-Hak was born and raised in Denmark. Her father is Egyptian. Her mother Danish. For several generations the migratory paths on both sides of her family have stretched from the Middle East to Scandinavia, the US and Europe. Her Danish childhood was somewhat unconventional as her father is Muslim and her maternal grandfather, who was in the resistance movement during World War II, is a communist and staunch atheist. In contrast, Yasmin attended a private Christian school for girls in Copenhagen. Her career as a Human Rights Law, began at the Danish Immigration Service,  where she worked with asylum seekers, refugees from Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan. Today, commuting between Lisbon and Copenhagen, she runs her own consultancy, Global Migration and Politics.. As a consultant, researcher, and blogger on Middle East issues, she works specifically with analysis and commentaries on the politics and the power games that define the region and the economic, religious and ethnic problems of the Middle East.  https://www.gmpc.dk/