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Bisan Owda

Journalist, activist, and filmmaker documenting life in Gaza

Born in
Beit Hanoun, Gaza, Palestine
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Why Bisan is here

Owda's first-person reporting made the daily civilian reality of war in Gaza visible to a global audience and earned major recognition for courageous public-interest journalism.

Their story

Bisan Owda is a Palestinian journalist, activist, and filmmaker from Gaza. Through short video reports and livestreams, she documented displacement, bombardment, scarcity, and civilian survival during the war that began in October 2023. Her AJ+ series It's Bisan from Gaza and I'm Still Alive received a Peabody Award.

Milestones

The moments that shaped Bisan’s path.

  1. 2023

    Began a widely followed series of first-person reports from Gaza with AJ+.

  2. 2024

    Received a Peabody Award for It's Bisan from Gaza and I'm Still Alive.

Legacy

What they built, changed and left behind.

  1. Documented the experiences of displaced civilians in Gaza in an immediate, accessible form.

  2. Connected a large international audience with on-the-ground reporting carried out under extreme danger.

  3. Expanded the place of mobile-first reporting and personal testimony in conflict journalism.

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