Moumina Houssein Darar

{{Short description|Djiboutian policewoman}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|06|01}}

| birth_place = Ali Sabieh, Djibouti

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| known_for = Anti-terrorism

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Moumina Houssein Darar ({{langx|so|Muumina Xuseen Darar}}; Arabic: مؤمنة حسين درار) is a Djiboutian anti-terrorism police investigator. She was recognised as a Woman of Courage by the American Secretary of State in 2019.

==Life==

Moumina Houssein Darar was the eldest of a family of eight children.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lanationdj.com/ambassade-des-etats-unis-police-nationale-le-premier-prix-de-la-femme-de-courage-de-djibouti-decerne-a-la-jeune-enquetrice-moumina-houssein-darar/|title=Ambassade des Etats-Unis / Police Nationale : Le premier prix de la " Femme de Courage de Djibouti " décerné à la jeune enquêtrice Moumina Houssein Darar|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404143335/http://www.lanationdj.com/ambassade-des-etats-unis-police-nationale-le-premier-prix-de-la-femme-de-courage-de-djibouti-decerne-a-la-jeune-enquetrice-moumina-houssein-darar/|archive-date=2019-04-04|url-status=dead}} After obtaining a degree in English in 2012, she joined the ranks of the Djibouti Police in 2013. She soon specialized in anti-terrorism investigations as a senior investigator. She was involved in high-profile investigations that resulted in the conviction or expulsion of many Al-Shabaab terrorists. This allowed the Djiboutian National Police (DNP) to thwart several planned terrorist attacks following the attack of La Chaumière, in 2014 in Djibouti.

She has created a neighborhood charity to help children in need, as well as to provide other services and assistance to help the local community.

She received on 7 March 2019 the Woman of Courage award by Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State.{{Cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/iwoc/2019/bio/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305220533/https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/iwoc/2019/bio/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-03-05|title=Biographies of the Finalists for the 2019 International Women of Courage Awards|website=www.state.gov|access-date=2019-03-12}}