Afrah Nasser

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]

  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.