As high school students in 2007, Abdel-Magied and two others founded "Youth Without Borders" (YWB) in Australia.[14] In 2007, she was named Young Australian Muslim of the Year.[15] She also participated in other groups/committees[16] and was named Young Queenslander of the Year (2010) [16] and Queensland Young Australian of the Year (2015).[17] Abdel-Magied continued as YWB chairperson until 2016.[18][14]