Afrah Nasser

Afrah Nasser
Nationality Yemeni, Swedish
Occupation Journalist
Awards International Press Freedom Award 2017

Afrah Nasser is an independent Yemeni journalist, living in exile in Gothenburg, Sweden. Her reporting on Yemen's political affairs has been published in a dozen of international publications, such as Huffington Post.,[1] CNN, Al Jazeera English and The National. Nasser was also mentioned as the 15th most powerful Arab by Arabian Business[2]

In 2017, she won International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists.[3] She has also been the recipient of the Pennskaft Award[4] 2016 and the Dawit Isaak Prize[5] 2014.

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. ↑ "CPJ is honored to present its 2017 International Press Freedom Award to Afrah Nasser". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2017. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017.
  4. ↑ "Afrah Nasser tilldelas Föreningen Pennskaftets Pennskaftspris". Journalisten. 2016. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017.
  5. ↑ "Dawit Isaak-priset 2014 tilldelas Afrah Nasser". Publicistklubben. 2014. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017.


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