Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 16, 1984[citation needed] |
| Education | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism[1] |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer(s) | VICE, AJ+ |
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin (Arabic: أحمد شهاب الدين) (born September 16, 1984) is an American-Kuwaiti of Palestinian descent.[2] He is also a journalist and columnist formerly at Huffington Post and VICE.[3] He was a senior reporter for Al Jazeera Plus from 2017 through 2020.[4][5] He produced an Emmy-nominated documentary.
n 2008, he won a Webby Award for master's digital media project, "Defining Middle Ground: The Next Generation of Muslim New Yorkers.”[6]
In 2020, during COVID lock-down, he began moving towards other creative pursuits, creating a parody account on the short video platform TikTok and suggesting that he might begin podcasting.[2] He replied, in character, to a video by the Instagram and YouTube star Faiza Rammuny and it went viral, launching this leg of his career.[3]
He also promotes LGBT and trans rights on his social media and journalism.[6]
In 2023 he presented Queer Egypt Under Attack for BBC News focussing on the treatment of LGBT people in Egypt.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Palestinian-American Challenges Old Narratives: Interview with Ahmed Shihab-Eldin". Palestine Square. July 20, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- ^ a b Nagy, Andrew (November 2020). "Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Gets Loose". GQ Middle East.
- ^ a b Barr, Jeremy (June 3, 2013). "Ahmed Shihab-Eldin out at HuffPost Live". Politico. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- ^ Lemon, Jason (March 27, 2017). "Ahmed Shihab-Eldin tells us about his love for dancing and a new thing he wants to try". StepFeed. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- ^ Harvard, Sarah A. (December 20, 2016). "Emmy-nominated journalist refused Uber service for being Arab". Mic. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- ^ a b "Ahmed Shihab-Eldin". National Conference for Media Reform. Archived from the original on May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- ^ Queer Egypt Under Attack, January 30, 2023, retrieved March 14, 2023
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