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Nawal Al-Maghafi (born 1990 or 1991) is a Yemeni-British journalist and filmmaker based in London. She currently works for the BBC.^[1] She joined BBC Newsnight in May 2023 as an international correspondent.^[2]^[3]

Personal life

Al-Maghafi was raised in Yemen.^[4] She attended the University of Nottingham, where she earned a degree in Economics with Politics.^[3]^[5]

Career

Journalism

After completing university, Al-Maghafi returned to Yemen, where she began making videos about the Yemeni revolution in 2011.^[5] That year she also interviewed then-Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.^[6] She later interviewed Ali Al Imad and figureheads in the Houthi insurgency.^[7] In 2015, Al-Maghafi covered the peace talks between Houthi and General People's Congress delegates in Switzerland.^[8] Al-Maghafi continued her reporting in Yemen during the COVID-19 pandemic, with her reports discussing the government cover-ups of cases in the country.^[9] She later produced a documentary, Yemen’s Covid Cover Up, from her reporting.^[10]

Al-Maghafi joined the BBC in 2011,^[11] where she produced reports on Yemen for BBC News at Ten, BBC Our World and BBC Arabic.^[5] In 2018, Al-Maghafi was nominated for the Royal Television Society's Young Talent of the Year award.^[5] She joined BBC Newsnight in May 2023 as an international correspondent.^[2]^[3]

Documentaries

Al-Maghafi's 2016 documentary, Starving Yemen, explored the on-going humanitarian crisis in Yemen, caused by bombing in the Yemeni civil war.^[12]^[13] Her 2017 documentary, The Funeral Bombing, focused on a 2016 airstrike on a funeral in Sanaa.^[12]

Her 2019 documentary, Iraq’s Secret Sex Trade, won two News and Documentary Emmy Awards in 2020 in the categories Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newsmagazine and Best Story in a Newsmagazine.^[14]^[15]

In 2022, Al-Maghafi's documentary Yemen’s Covid Cover Up won an News and Documentary Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form.^[16]

In 2023, Al-Maghafi released This World: Murder in Mayfair, a documentary exploring the 2008 murder of Martine Vik Magnussen in London.^[11]^[17]

References

^ "BBC News - Our World, Escaping Europe". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
^ ^a ^b Wilson, Amy (2023-02-28). "Nawal Al-Maghafi to join BBC Newsnight". ResponseSource. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ahmed, Mariam (2023-02-28). "Al-Maghafi named international correspondent at BBC Newsnight". Talking Biz News. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
^ "Two Eyewitness Accounts of Catastrophe in the Yemen". Council for Arab-British Understanding. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Holman, Kate (2018-02-26). "Meet...Nawal Al-Maghafi". Royal Television Society. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
^ al-Maghafi, Nawal (2017-12-05). "Ali Abdullah Saleh: Meeting the man who believed himself invincible". Retrieved 2024-11-02.
^ "MBI Al Jaber Lecture Series: 'A Lens on the Waves of Political Change in Yemen' by Nawal Al Maghafi". www.mbifoundation.com. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
^ al-Maghafi, Nawal (2015-12-27). "EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes at Yemen's peace talks in Switzerland". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
^ Al-Maghafi, Nawal (2020-12-14). "'We have no oxygen': First journalist to access Yemen after Covid discovers major cover up in country of her birth". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
^ "Yemen's COVID Cover-Up". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
^ ^a ^b Al-Maghafi, Nawal (2023-03-28). "Martine Vik Magnussen: Billionaire's son admits role in death to BBC". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
^ ^a ^b "MBI Al Jaber Lecture Series : 'Catastrophe Unfolding in Yemen' – Film Screening by Nawal Al Maghafi". www.mbifoundation.com. 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
^ "BBC Screening: Starving Yemen + Q&A". Frontline Club. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
^ "News 2020 Nominees". The Emmys. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
^ "FRONTLINE (PBS) Wins Four News & Documentary Emmy Awards". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
^ "FRONTLINE Honored with Four News and Documentary Emmy Awards". GBH. 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
^ "Everything To Know About 'Murder in Mayfair'". Grazia. 2023-03-28. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

External links

Yemen's COVID Cover-Up on Frontline
Kahn, Ellie (2023-03-24). "Nawal Al Maghafi: 'The world's becoming increasingly hostile for BBC journalists'". Broadcast. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

[1] "BBC News - Our World, Escaping Europe". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

[:4-2] Wilson, Amy (2023-02-28). "Nawal Al-Maghafi to join BBC Newsnight". ResponseSource. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

[:0-3] Ahmed, Mariam (2023-02-28). "Al-Maghafi named international correspondent at BBC Newsnight". Talking Biz News. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

[4] "Two Eyewitness Accounts of Catastrophe in the Yemen". Council for Arab-British Understanding. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

[:2-5] Holman, Kate (2018-02-26). "Meet...Nawal Al-Maghafi". Royal Television Society. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

[6] -Maghafi, Nawal (2017-12-05). "Ali Abdullah Saleh: Meeting the man who believed himself invincible". Retrieved 2024-11-02.

[7] "MBI Al Jaber Lecture Series: 'A Lens on the Waves of Political Change in Yemen' by Nawal Al Maghafi". www.mbifoundation.com. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

[8] -Maghafi, Nawal (2015-12-27). "EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes at Yemen's peace talks in Switzerland". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

[9] Al-Maghafi, Nawal (2020-12-14). "'We have no oxygen': First journalist to access Yemen after Covid discovers major cover up in country of her birth". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

[10] "Yemen's COVID Cover-Up". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

[:1-11] Al-Maghafi, Nawal (2023-03-28). "Martine Vik Magnussen: Billionaire's son admits role in death to BBC". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

[:3-12] "MBI Al Jaber Lecture Series : 'Catastrophe Unfolding in Yemen' – Film Screening by Nawal Al Maghafi". www.mbifoundation.com. 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

[13] "BBC Screening: Starving Yemen + Q&A". Frontline Club. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

[14] "News 2020 Nominees". The Emmys. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2024-11-14.

[15] "FRONTLINE (PBS) Wins Four News & Documentary Emmy Awards". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 2024-11-14.

[16] "FRONTLINE Honored with Four News and Documentary Emmy Awards". GBH. 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

[17] "Everything To Know About 'Murder in Mayfair'". Grazia. 2023-03-28. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

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 == Career ==
 ===Journalism===
-After completing university, Al-Maghafi returned to Yemen, where she began making videos abut the [[Yemeni revolution]] in 2011.<ref name=":2" /> That year she also interviewed then-Yemeni President [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=al-Maghafi |first=Nawal |date=2017-12-05 |title=Ali Abdullah Saleh: Meeting the man who believed himself invincible |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42243369 |access-date=2024-11-02 |language=en-GB}}</ref> She later interviewed Ali Al Imad and figureheads in the [[Houthi insurgency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=MBI Al Jaber Lecture Series: ‘A Lens on the Waves of Political Change in Yemen’ by Nawal Al Maghafi |url=https://www.mbifoundation.com/news/article.asp?ID=190 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=www.mbifoundation.com}}</ref> In 2015, Al-Maghafi covered the peace talks between [[Houthi movement|Houthi]] and [[General People's Congress (Yemen)|General People's Congress]] delegates in Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=al-Maghafi |first=Nawal |date=2015-12-27 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes at Yemen's peace talks in Switzerland |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/exclusive-behind-scenes-yemens-peace-talks-switzerland |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=[[Middle East Eye]] |language=en}}</ref> Al-Maghafi continued her reporting in Yemen during the COVID-19 pandemic, with her reports discussing the government cover-ups of cases in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Al-Maghafi |first=Nawal |date=2020-12-14 |title='We have no oxygen': First journalist to access Yemen after Covid discovers major cover up in country of her birth |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/14/have-no-oxygen-first-journalist-access-yemen-covid-discovers/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> She later produced a documentary, ''Yemen’s Covid Cover Up'', from her reporting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yemen’s COVID Cover-Up |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/yemens-covid-cover-up/transcript/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=FRONTLINE |language=en-US}}</ref>
+After completing university, Al-Maghafi returned to Yemen, where she began making videos about the [[Yemeni revolution]] in 2011.<ref name=":2" /> That year she also interviewed then-Yemeni President [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=al-Maghafi |first=Nawal |date=2017-12-05 |title=Ali Abdullah Saleh: Meeting the man who believed himself invincible |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42243369 |access-date=2024-11-02 |language=en-GB}}</ref> She later interviewed Ali Al Imad and figureheads in the [[Houthi insurgency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=MBI Al Jaber Lecture Series: 'A Lens on the Waves of Political Change in Yemen' by Nawal Al Maghafi |url=https://www.mbifoundation.com/news/article.asp?ID=190 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=www.mbifoundation.com}}</ref> In 2015, Al-Maghafi covered the peace talks between [[Houthi movement|Houthi]] and [[General People's Congress (Yemen)|General People's Congress]] delegates in Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=al-Maghafi |first=Nawal |date=2015-12-27 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes at Yemen's peace talks in Switzerland |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/exclusive-behind-scenes-yemens-peace-talks-switzerland |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=[[Middle East Eye]] |language=en}}</ref> Al-Maghafi continued her reporting in Yemen during the COVID-19 pandemic, with her reports discussing the government cover-ups of cases in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Al-Maghafi |first=Nawal |date=2020-12-14 |title='We have no oxygen': First journalist to access Yemen after Covid discovers major cover up in country of her birth |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/14/have-no-oxygen-first-journalist-access-yemen-covid-discovers/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> She later produced a documentary, ''Yemen’s Covid Cover Up'', from her reporting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yemen's COVID Cover-Up |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/yemens-covid-cover-up/transcript/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=FRONTLINE |language=en-US}}</ref>
-Al-Maghafi joined the [[BBC]] in 2011,<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Al-Maghafi |first=Nawal |date=2023-03-28 |title=Martine Vik Magnussen: Billionaire’s son admits role in death to BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65033048 |access-date=2024-11-02 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> where she produced reports on Yemen for ''[[BBC News at Ten]]'', BBC ''Our World'' and [[BBC Arabic]].<ref name=":2" /> In 2018, Al-Maghafi was nominated for the [[Royal Television Society]]'s Young Talent of the Year award.<ref name=":2" /> She joined [[Newsnight|''BBC Newsnight'']] in May 2023 as an international correspondent.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":0" />
+Al-Maghafi joined the [[BBC]] in 2011,<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Al-Maghafi |first=Nawal |date=2023-03-28 |title=Martine Vik Magnussen: Billionaire's son admits role in death to BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65033048 |access-date=2024-11-02 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> where she produced reports on Yemen for ''[[BBC News at Ten]]'', BBC ''Our World'' and [[BBC Arabic]].<ref name=":2" /> In 2018, Al-Maghafi was nominated for the [[Royal Television Society]]'s Young Talent of the Year award.<ref name=":2" /> She joined [[Newsnight|''BBC Newsnight'']] in May 2023 as an international correspondent.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":0" />
 === Documentaries ===
-Al-Maghafi's 2016 documentary, ''Starving Yemen'', explored the on-going humanitarian crisis in Yemen, caused by bombing in the [[Yemeni civil war (2014–present)|Yemeni civil war]].''<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2017-03-23 |title=MBI Al Jaber Lecture Series : ‘Catastrophe Unfolding in Yemen’ – Film Screening by Nawal Al Maghafi |url=https://www.mbifoundation.com/news/governance-article.asp?ID=227 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=www.mbifoundation.com}}</ref>''<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Screening: Starving Yemen + Q&A |url=https://www.frontlineclub.com/exclusive-bbc-preview-screening-yemen-the-silent-killer-qa/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Frontline Club |language=en}}</ref> Her 2017 documentary, ''The Funeral Bombing'', focused on a 2016 [[Sanaa funeral airstrike|airstrike on a funeral in Sanaa]].<ref name=":3" />
+Al-Maghafi's 2016 documentary, ''Starving Yemen'', explored the on-going humanitarian crisis in Yemen, caused by bombing in the [[Yemeni civil war (2014–present)|Yemeni civil war]].''<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2017-03-23 |title=MBI Al Jaber Lecture Series : 'Catastrophe Unfolding in Yemen' – Film Screening by Nawal Al Maghafi |url=https://www.mbifoundation.com/news/governance-article.asp?ID=227 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=www.mbifoundation.com}}</ref>''<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Screening: Starving Yemen + Q&A |url=https://www.frontlineclub.com/exclusive-bbc-preview-screening-yemen-the-silent-killer-qa/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Frontline Club |language=en}}</ref> Her 2017 documentary, ''The Funeral Bombing'', focused on a 2016 [[Sanaa funeral airstrike|airstrike on a funeral in Sanaa]].<ref name=":3" />
 Her 2019 documentary, ''Iraq’s Secret Sex Trade'', won two [[News and Documentary Emmy Awards]] in 2020 in the categories Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newsmagazine and Best Story in a Newsmagazine''.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-06 |title=News 2020 Nominees |url=https://theemmys.tv/news/41st-nominations/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=The Emmys |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FRONTLINE (PBS) Wins Four News & Documentary Emmy Awards |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/frontline-pbs-wins-four-news-documentary-emmy-awards/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=FRONTLINE |language=en-US}}</ref>
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 In 2022, Al-Maghafi's documentary ''Yemen’s Covid Cover Up'' won an [[News and Documentary Emmy Awards|News and Documentary Emmy Award]] in the category Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-30 |title=FRONTLINE Honored with Four News and Documentary Emmy Awards |url=https://www.wgbh.org/foundation/press/press-releases/2022-09-30/frontline-honored-with-four-news-and-documentary-emmy-awards |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=GBH |language=en}}</ref>
-In 2023, Al-Maghafi released ''This World: Murder in Mayfair'', a documentary exploring the 2008 [[murder of Martine Vik Magnussen]] in London.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-28 |title=Everything To Know About ‘Murder in Mayfair’ |url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-film/everything-to-know-about-murder-in-mayfair/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Grazia |language=en}}</ref>
+In 2023, Al-Maghafi released ''This World: Murder in Mayfair'', a documentary exploring the 2008 [[murder of Martine Vik Magnussen]] in London.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-28 |title=Everything To Know About 'Murder in Mayfair' |url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-film/everything-to-know-about-murder-in-mayfair/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Grazia |language=en}}</ref>
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
 * [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/yemens-covid-cover-up/ Yemen's COVID Cover-Up on Frontline]
-* {{Cite web |last=Kahn |first=Ellie |date=2023-03-24 |title=Nawal Al Maghafi: ‘The world’s becoming increasingly hostile for BBC journalists’ |url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/nawal-al-maghafi-the-worlds-becoming-increasingly-hostile-for-bbc-journalists/5180475.article |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Broadcast |language=en}}
+* {{Cite web |last=Kahn |first=Ellie |date=2023-03-24 |title=Nawal Al Maghafi: 'The world's becoming increasingly hostile for BBC journalists' |url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/nawal-al-maghafi-the-worlds-becoming-increasingly-hostile-for-bbc-journalists/5180475.article |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Broadcast |language=en}}
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