Bisan Owda

Bisan Owda
بيسان عودة
Born1997 or 1998 (age 26–27)[1]
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • activist
  • filmmaker
Known forDocumenting the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip on social media
AwardsEmmy Award, Peabody Award, Edward R. Murrow Award
WebsiteInstagram: wizard_bisan1

Bisan Owda (Arabic: بيسان عودة; born 1997 or 1998) is a Palestinian journalist, activist, and filmmaker.[1] She is best known for her social media videos documenting her experiences during the Israel–Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.[2] She won a 2024 Peabody Award in the News category and an Edward R. Murrow Award for News Series for her Al Jazeera Media Network show, It's Bisan from Gaza and I'm Still Alive. The show also won a 2024 News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form.

  1. ^ a b Jon, Donnison (15 October 2023). "One week in Gaza: 'There are no safe places here'". BBC News. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  2. ^ Saab, Sheren Falah (29 November 2023). "'This Is Bisan. I'm Still Alive': The Gazans Reporting From the Ground on Social Media". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.