Dr Nora Amath is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Griffith University, a member of the Minister’s Australian Multicultural Advisory Council and an Australian Fellow at the Center for Women, Faith and Leadership at the Institute for Global Engagement in Washington DC.
Nora is also a board member of the Islamophobia Register Australia. She is the founder and/or chair of a number of different organisations focussed on supporting people of diverse backgrounds, including the Chair of the Australian Muslim Advocates for the Rights of All Humanity, and is the first female chairperson of the Islamic Relief Australia. She also co-founded a DV refuge for multicultural women in Queensland and sat on the Queensland’s Government Women’s Safety Taskforce.
Over the years, Nora has served as a consultant and cross-cultural trainer for various Australian government agencies and organisations on issues related to Islam, Muslims, multiculturalism, diversity and community development.
Nora is a respected academic and an active Muslim, interfaith leader, and human rights advocate, recognised for her extensive contributions with an Australian Muslim Woman of the year award in 2006. She is also is a 2-time recipient of the Australia Day Community Awards and a recipient of the Queensland Day’s Award 2023. In 2017, she was a finalist in the Australian of the Year Awards.