Nadia Al-Sakkaf

Nadia Al-Sakkaf
Nadia Al-Sakkaf
نادية عبد العزيز السقاف
	Al-Sakkaf interviewed by AlJazeera in 2015
Yemeni Minister of Information
	In office; 7 November 2014 – 1 December 2015
President	Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Prime Minister	Khaled Bahah
Yemen Times editor-in-chief
	In office; 2005–2014
Personal details
Born	8 March 1977 (age 47)
Parent	Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf (father);
Alma mater	Birla Institute of Technology; University of Stirling; University of Reading;
Awards	Business for Peace ; 2013 ;

Nadia Abdulaziz Al-Sakkaf (Arabic: نادية عبد العزيز السقاف; born 8 March 1977) is a former Yemeni Minister and politician. She was the editor in chief of the Yemen Times from 2005 until 2014, before becoming Yemen's first female Minister of Information. She fled Yemen in 2015 after the coup and is currently an independent researcher in politics, media, development and gender studies based in the United Kingdom. In 2011, Al-Sakkaf gave a popular TED talk called "See Yemen through my eyes" which had over 3 million views.^[1]^[2]

^ Al-Sakkaf, Nadia (July 2011). "See Yemen through my eyes". ted.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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[ted-1] Al-Sakkaf, Nadia (July 2011). "See Yemen through my eyes". ted.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

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