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he refugee crisis stemming from Russia’s war against Ukraine hits very close to home forThe 25-year-old was born in London to undocumented Iranian refugee parents. As a teenager, she turned down an offer from Cambridge University to instead travel the world helping refugees. Then, like many others on theAtaii started making T-shirts with pro-refugee slogans and delivering them by bicycle in 2017, using the proceeds to pay for legal aid for refugees.
The common thread among the entrepreneurs on this year’s list is that they’ve all used creativity—drawing on their backgrounds, surroundings or studies—to tackle complex global issues. Takethe 29-year-old cofounder of JustWears: The inspiration for her sustainable underwear startup comes from her childhood growing up in Southeast China in an area that struggled with droughts because of its reliance on cotton, a crop that needs a lot of water to grow.
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