Brief Profile
 
My name is Ghufran and I am on the verge of graduating my masters in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.  I attended formal education in Arabic from an early age and have been on good records. The medium of instruction solely being in the Arabic language gave me an edge over the grammar, literary skills of the language. Mandatory religious syllabus exposed me to complex Arabic languages and scriptures. This had helped me in the later years when I was selected for translator and field monitor at Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
 
I attended an English language course for two years at the Institute of AMIDEAST in my country and my ability to learn swiftly landed me with the opportunity to work as an intern in the same institute as a receptionist. I also got the opportunity to interact and work with teachers and students from different countries where I learned how to be culturally oriented and very flexible. I extended voluntary services in teaching English along with Arabic for two years.
 
My interest in social services and work helped me to do my graduation in management from Sanna University, Yemen. I was involved in social activities during my graduation days and right after graduating I was swift to work in different NGOs as program officer for women empowerments and capacity building projects where I worked closely with political parties, youth and high profile individual where I expanded my networking and build a social network of my own. My work experience and engagement in different workshops and conferences on language and interpretation landed me the opportunity to be one of the interpreters in a human rights fellowship in Addis Ababa.  
 
I was selected for the young Yemeni women challenges in Boston 2009 and got to learn about women issues prevailing in the world. I have been part of the leadership program of young leaders in the Washingon DC and then a peacebuilding program organized by Generation for Peace in Jordan. During the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, I have served in the humanitarian response sector for almost two years as monitoring and evolution officer.
 

Career goals
 
I have always believed that dedication and passion go hand in hand. Right from when I was young, despite the fact that I was raised in a conservative culture, I have always managed to achieve the unachievable. From taking an active role in NGOs and social activities targeted toward improving life situation, I felt that was not enough and this compelled me to take the risk of learning new things by which I could lend a bigger hand. Leaving the work back in my country and pursuing the discipline of sociology in JNU, India was one of the decisions I do not regret. In these few years, I have built a new perspective and I believe I have grown more in leaning and experience. That has resulted in my persistent effort to not wait for better times to come by itself but rather to create it. This goes for the very reason I see Modligua as a big opportunity to extend my valuable service. There is no doubt that this internship will enable me to utilize and develop many new skills that I have gained in the last two years outside my home. I strongly believe in the value of sharing, relationships are always built through a mutual exchange of knowledge which enhances the performance of an individual in general.

I am determined to see myself working and actively engaging for the humanitarian cause and emergency sector because there are lots of people in the world need our assistant. The crisis that Yemen is witnessing today is not limited to a few factors. I have taken active, regular courses in Peace and Conflict Resolution at my University. This has helped me to see possibilities that I can do as an individual and carry this further as a profession. I see myself as a committed person to carry out the good social cause and being in academic have intrigued me to research and know more about the distribution of human rights and the justice system.
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Deciding on a career has not been a straightforward process for me. But the self-knowledge I have gained over the last eight years since I was young makes it clear to me that studying peace and conflict resolution is the right choice. My experience with the real issues in some local and international contexts has given me a deeper understanding from different perspectives, but understanding alone is not enough. I want to achieve this goal by studying peace and conflict resolution and benefit my country who lacks sociological academicians and researchers.