Afrah Nasser | |
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Nationality | Yemeni, Swedish |
Occupation | Journalist |
Awards | International 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]