Afrah Nasser

Afrah Nasser (Arabic: أفراح ناصر, romanized: Afrāḥ Nāṣir) is an independent Yemeni journalist, living in exile in Sweden since 2011. Her reporting on Yemen's political affairs has been published in international publications including the Huffington Post,^[1] CNN, Al Jazeera English and The National. In 2015 Arabian Business listed Nasser as the 15th most powerful Arab under 40.^[2]

Nasser won the Dawit Isaak Prize in 2014,^[3] and the Pennskaft Award in 2016.^[4] In 2017, she won the International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists.^[5]