Trivias Of Huma Abedin
- Her Indian father was an Islamic and Middle Eastern scholar of Indian descent who received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.
- Her father founded the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs to study Muslim communities in non-Muslim societies around the world.
- Her father founded the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs in 1979.
- Her Pakistani mother is an associate professor of sociology and dean at Dar Al-Hekma College in Jeddah. Her mother has a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.
- Her role model was Christiane Amanpour and wanted to become a journalist and work in the White House press office.
- She is fluent in English, Urdu, and Arabic.
- She is featured in the documentary, Weiner that chronicles Anthony Weiner's unsuccessful 2013 mayoral campaign of New York.
