AJ+ | Listen To Bisan Owda's Acceptance Speech At The Peabody Awards @ajplus | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
A visibly emotional Mo Amer announces that Bisan Owda has won a Peabody Award for her work with AJ+. ⁣
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The Palestinian American comedian, who was honored the previous year for creating the sitcom “Mo,” was speaking at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles. ⁣
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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. ⁣
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The Palestinian filmmaker is in her 20s, and was one of the youngest people to accept an award at this year’s ceremony. ⁣
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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.” ⁣

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