Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda (@wizardbisan) has won The Emmy Award for Outstanding Hard News Feature Story
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5734
Date
25 September, 2024
Original Social Media Post
"Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda (@wizardbisan) has won The Emmy Award for Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form for her report on Israel’s attack on Al-Shifa Hospital where she was sheltering titled ‘It’s Bisan from Gaza and I’m Still Alive’.
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Archivist Notes On This Video
Bisan Owda is a Palestinian journalist, activist, and filmmaker from Gaza, known for her courageous reporting on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
- Owda’s work has gained international recognition for exposing the harsh realities of Israel's military operations in Gaza, particularly focusing on children orphaned by the violence and the destruction caused by Israeli weaponry.
- **Emmy nomination: **Owda has been nominated for an Emmy Award in the "Outstanding Hard News Feature Story" category for her short documentary “It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive” made for AJ+.
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Personal risk: Despite personal danger, Owda documented her displacement due to Israeli assaults, providing a raw and emotional view of life under siege in Gaza.
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Controversy: Following her nomination, pro-Israeli activists accused Owda of ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a group labeled a terrorist organization by several Western countries, which she denies.
- **Support: **The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) rejected the accusations and defended her nomination, citing no evidence of ties to PFLP and standing by the independent selection process.
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Media criticism: Owda’s work challenges the long-standing dominance of Israeli narratives in Western media, which often dehumanizes Palestinians and erases their experiences.
- **Global impact: **Through her journalism, Owda has reached audiences worldwide, offering an unfiltered account of Palestinian life under occupation, especially resonating with those previously relying on biased Western news outlets.
Context of systematic Israeli attack against Palestinian and Arabic Journalists on Occupied Territories.
People in Video:
Bisan Owda