Afrah Nasser
NationalityYemeni, Swedish
OccupationJournalist
AwardsInternational Press Freedom Award 2017

Afrah Nasser (Arabic: أفراح ناصر, romanized: Afrāḥ Nāṣir) is an independent Yemeni journalist, living in exile in Sweden since 2011. Her reporting on Yemen's political affairs has been published in international publications including the Huffington Post,[1] CNN, Al Jazeera English and The National. In 2015 Arabian Business listed Nasser as the 15th most powerful Arab under 40.[2]

Nasser won the Dawit Isaak Prize in 2014,[3] and the Pennskaft Award in 2016.[4] In 2017, she won the International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists.[5]

References

  1. "Afrah Nasser, HuffPost". HuffPost. 2017. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017.
  2. "The 100 Most Powerful Arabs Under 40". Arabian Business. 2015. Retrieved 11 Oct 2017.
  3. "Dawit Isaak-priset 2014 tilldelas Afrah Nasser". Publicistklubben. 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017.
  4. "Afrah Nasser tilldelas Föreningen Pennskaftets Pennskaftspris". Journalisten. 2016. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017.
  5. "CPJ is honored to present its 2017 International Press Freedom Award to Afrah Nasser". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2017. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017.


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