Safa Al Ahmad
Safa al-Ahmad (Arabic: صفاء الأحمد) is a Saudi Arabian journalist and filmmaker. She has directed documentaries for PBS and the BBC about uprisings in the Middle East. She received the Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan on November 19, 2019. She was the joint winner of the 2015 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award for Journalism and was a finalist for the 2014 Sony Impact Award. She began her career in documentary filmmaking and gained international recognition for her work with BBC Arabic starting in 2012.
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