Somaya Faruqi

Somaya Faruqi (born 2002) is an Afghan student and engineer, currently the captain of the Afghan Girls Robotic Team, also known as the "Afghan Dreamers." She was named to the BBC's 100 Women in 2020 and was featured by UNICEF in 2020 as well as the UN Women Generation Equality campaign in 2021. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, her team designed a prototype ventilator to help fight the coronavirus in Afghanistan.

Somaya Faruqi

Somaya Faruqi (born 2002) is an Afghan student and engineer, currently the captain of the Afghan Girls Robotic Team, also known as the "Afghan Dreamers." She was named to the BBC's 100 Women in 2020 and was featured by UNICEF in 2020 as well as the UN Women Generation Equality campaign in 2021. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, her team designed a prototype ventilator to help fight the coronavirus in Afghanistan.