Aafia Siddiqui | |
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Native name | عافیہ صدیقی |
Born |
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
2 March 1972
Nationality | Pakistani |
Alma mater |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) Brandeis University (PhD) |
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
Weight | 90 lb (41 kg) (at time of arraignment) |
Board member of | Institute of Islamic Research and Teaching (President) |
Criminal charge | Attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon |
Criminal penalty | Convicted; sentenced to 86 years in prison |
Criminal status | Held in the FMC Carswell, Fort Worth, Texas, United States |
Spouse(s) |
Amjad Mohammed Khan (1995 – 21 October 2002) (divorced) |
Children | 3 including Mohammad Ahmed |
Amjad Mohammed Khan (1995 – 21 October 2002) (divorced)
Aafia Siddiqui (/ˈɑːfiə siːˈdiːkiː/ ( listen); Urdu: عافیہ صدیقی; born 2 March 1972) is an MIT-trained Pakistani neuroscientist, who in 2010 was convicted of seven counts of attempted murder and assault of US personnel and is serving her 86-year sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas.