Rana Abdelhamid (Arabic: رنا عبد الحميد; born May 6, 1993)[2] is an American political candidate and activist based in Queens, New York.

[17] In 2014, Abdelhamid started a social media project called "Hijabis of New York" in order to "humanize and diversify the public narratives of Muslim women who wear hijabs," according to PBS.

[18] In 2017, she and Maryam Aziz of WISE, along with Robie Flores and Alison Withers created a Self-Defense Starter Kit, which includes online resources and videos for Muslim women.

[19] On April 14, 2021, Abdelhamid announced her candidacy for the 2022 U.S. House of Representatives election in New York's 12th congressional district against incumbent Carolyn Maloney.

[21] During her campaign, Abdelhamid criticized incumbent Maloney for wearing a burqa in a speech to illustrate the oppression of women in Afghanistan.

According to Abdelhamid, oppression of Afghan women is an "Islamophobic narrative" meant "to justify American wars" and that these individuals don't actually require support or "saving".