# Tima Kurdi
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{{Short description|Syrian-Canadian author and human rights activist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tima Kurdi
| birth_date = 1970
| birth_place = [Damascus](/source/Damascus), Syria
| organization = The Kurdi Foundation
| known_for = Refugee rights advocacy, writing
| notable_works = ''[The Boy on the Beach](/source/The_Boy_on_the_Beach)'' (2019 memoir)
| family = [Alan Kurdi](/source/Death_of_Alan_Kurdi) (nephew)
}}
'''Tima Kurdi''' (born 1970) is a [Syrian-Canadian](/source/Syrian-Canadian) author and human rights activist. Born in [Damascus](/source/Damascus), she moved to Canada as a young adult and is based in [Coquitlam](/source/Coquitlam), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia). Kurdi is the author of ''[The Boy on the Beach](/source/The_Boy_on_the_Beach)'', which documents the circumstances that led to the death of her nephews Ghalib and [Alan Kurdi](/source/Alan_Kurdi), and their mother, Rehanna as they fled the [Syrian civil war](/source/Syrian_civil_war).
== Early life and education ==
Kurdi was born in 1970 and grew up in a [Kurdish](/source/Kurdish_population) family in [Damascus](/source/Damascus), Syria.[{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Adnan R. |date=2017-09-01 |title=Two years after Alan Kurdi's death, little has changed |url=https://www.macleans.ca/news/world/two-years-after-alan-kurdis-death-little-has-changed/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=Macleans.ca |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |last=Kurdi |first=Tima |title=The boy on the beach : my family's escape from Syria and our hope for a new home - City Libraries, City of Gold Coast |url=http://link.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/portal/The-boy-on-the-beach--my-familys-escape-from/LWn9tJgGiFQ/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=link.goldcoast.qld.gov.au |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205222747/http://link.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/portal/The-boy-on-the-beach--my-familys-escape-from/LWn9tJgGiFQ/|archive-date=2022-12-05}}] She emigrated to Canada in 1992, at the age of 22 years.[{{Cite news |date=19 June 2020 |title=14 books to read on World Refugee Day |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/14-books-to-read-on-world-refugee-day-1.5616373}}][{{Cite news |last=Kurdi |first=Tima |date=2018-04-13 |title=Opinion: The crossing: Tima Kurdi on her family's voyage through tragedy and hope |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-crossing-tima-kurdi-on-her-familys-voyage-through-tragedy-and/ |access-date=2022-08-03}}]
== Adult life ==
Kurdi is the founder of The Kurdi Foundation, through which she advocates for Canadians to be mindful of the needs of refugees.[{{Cite web |last=French |first=Cameron |date=2021-03-15 |title=As war drags on, aunt of drowned Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi focuses on plight of refugees |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/as-war-drags-on-aunt-of-drowned-syrian-toddler-alan-kurdi-focuses-on-plight-of-refugees/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}][{{Cite web |last=Daflos |first=Penny |date=2020-09-02 |title=Alan Kurdi's aunt marks grim anniversary of boy's death as refugee crisis continues |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/alan-kurdis-aunt-marks-grim-anniversary-of-boys-death-as-refugee-crisis-continues/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=British Columbia |language=en}}] In 2018, she advocated for Canada to accept more refugees.[{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Teresa |date=2018-04-29 |title=Tima Kurdi wants Canada to take more refugees, hopes new book spotlights crisis |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/tima-kurdi-wants-canada-to-take-more-refugees-hopes-new-book-spotlights-crisis/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=British Columbia |language=en}}]
Her memoir ''The Boy on the Beach'' documents her own family's efforts to escape the [Syrian civil war](/source/Syrian_civil_war) and the circumstances that led to the [deaths of Alan](/source/death_of_Alan_Kurdi) and Ghalib Kurdi (her nephews) and Rehanna (her sister in law), in 2015.[{{Cite news |last=Patrick |first=Ryan B. |date=7 May 2018 |title=How Tima Kurdi is honouring the memory of her nephew with her book, The Boy on the Beach |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/how-tima-kurdi-is-honouring-the-memory-of-her-nephew-with-her-book-the-boy-on-the-beach-1.4655201}}][{{Cite news |date=12 Dec 2018 |title=Tima Kurdi |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/tima-kurdi-1.4943079}}][{{Cite news |last=Larsen |first=Karin |date=28 June 2019 |title=Family distraught over unauthorized movie about 'boy on the beach' Alan Kurdi |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/family-distraught-over-unauthorized-movie-about-alan-kurdi-1.5143575}}]
Kurdi lives in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada.