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[[File:Secretary Clinton and First Lady Obama With 2012 IWOC Award Winner Hana El Hebshi of Libya.png|thumb|372x372px300x300px|Hana El Hebshi with U.S. Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] and First Lady [[Michelle Obama]] in 2012.]]

'''Hana Elhebshi''' (sometimes[[Arabic]]: Hanaهناء El Hebshi)الحبشي; (born c. 1985)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=1&i=7997|title=Libyan Activist Gets International Women of Courage Award|date=9 March 2012|website=www.tripolipost.com|access-date=2016-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201161102/http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=1&i=7997|archive-date=1 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a Libyan activist and [[architect]].<ref name="state">{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2012/bio/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308231128/http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2012/bio/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-03-08|title=2012 International Women of Courage Award Winners|publisher=state.gov|accessdateaccess-date=2014-09-06}}</ref>

She became an activist during the Libyan revolution even though she had not been politically active before.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2012/03/06/Pittsburgh-first-U-S-city-to-spend-time-with-courageous-women/stories/201203060259|title=Pittsburgh first U.S. city to spend time with courageous women|last=Luna|first=Taryn|date=6 March 2012|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref> She became a cyberactivist, reporting the siege of Tripoli online.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://muftah.org/revolutionaries-unveiled-cyberactivism-womens-role-in-the-arab-uprisings/2/#.WB6dWOgrK01|title=Revolutionaries Unveiled - Cyberactivism & Women's Role in the Arab Uprisings - Page 2 of 7|date=2012-12-10|newspaper=Muftah|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-06|archive-date=2018-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728222944/https://muftah.org/revolutionaries-unveiled-cyberactivism-womens-role-in-the-arab-uprisings/2/#.WB6dWOgrK01|url-status=dead}}</ref> She advised [[NATO]] strikes and made public how many people were killed by Muammar Gaddafi's regime during the [[2011 Libyan Civil War|Libyan revolution]].<ref name="PPG">{{cite web|author1=Taryn Luna|title=Pittsburgh first U.S. city to spend time with courageous women|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2012/03/06/Pittsburgh-first-U-S-city-to-spend-time-with-courageous-women/stories/201203060259|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|accessdateaccess-date=10 June 2015|date=6 March 2012}}</ref> She also wanted to speak out to tell the world about the suffering in Libya that had gone on for years.<ref name=":1" /> She used the name "[[Numidia]]" for her activism, a reference her [[Berbers|Berber]] heritage, to protect her identity.<ref name="state" /><ref name="sfgate">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Women-honored-by-U-S-for-their-courage-3387608.php|title=Women honored by U.S. for their courage - SFGate|date=7 March 2012 |publisher=sfgate.com|accessdateaccess-date=2014-09-06}}</ref>

As part of her effort to disseminate information, she contacted news organizations such as [[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]].<ref name=":1" /> She also fought for women's rights in Libya.<ref name="gpo">{{cite web|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2012-04-26/html/CREC-2012-04-26-pt1-PgH2139-3.htm|title=Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 61 (Thursday, April 26, 2012)|publisher=gpo.gov|accessdateaccess-date=2014-09-06}}</ref>

[[Category:WomenRecipients who receivedof the International Women of Courage Award]]