Bisan Owda (@wizard_bisan1) has won a Peabody Award

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Watch as a visibly emotional Mo Amer (@moamer) announces that Bisan Owda (@wizard_bisan1) has won a Peabody Award for her work with AJ+. ⁣

The Palestinian American comedian, who was honored the previous year for creating the sitcom “Mo,” was speaking at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles. ⁣

Bisan accepted one of the highest honors in broadcasting by video from a refugee camp in occupied Gaza. She has been chronicling Israel’s war on Gaza since Oct. 7, and before that created social videos showing Gaza’s beauty and culture. ⁣

The Palestinian filmmaker is in her 20s, and was one of the youngest people to accept an award at this year’s ceremony. ⁣

The Peabody Jury paid tribute to Bisan for “showing bravery and persistence in the midst of imminent danger and for carrying a heavy journalistic burden as the entire world looks on.” ⁣

#Bisan #ImStillAlive #BisanFromGaza #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Palestinian

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