Anecdotes

His last name means "The Camel" in Arabic.

Amin is on the leadership committee for the IRC's GenR volunteer wing, an ally of Black Lives Matter, and the founder of a group for LGBTQ Muslims.

His maternal grandmother was Egyptian child actress Salwa Abaza. He is also distantly related to Rushdy Abaza.

Amin is the first openly queer Muslim actor to play a leading role on a TV show.

He attended Stanford University and USC's MFA in Acting program, under the direction of Andrew Robinson.