Janna Jihad




Janna Tamimi (in Arabic: جنى تميمي‎), more commonly known as Janna Jihad (جنى جهاد) or Janna Jihad Ayyad, (born April 6, 2006) is a Palestinian youth activist and amateur journalist.



Biography


Tamimi is from Nabi Salih, a village on the West Bank in Palestine.[1][2] Her mother, Nawal Tamimi, is the director of Women's Affairs in the Palestinian Ministry of Development.[3] She is the niece of activist Bassem al-Tamimi and cousin of activist Ahed Tamimi. She began reporting on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict when she was seven years old after two of her family members were killed, inspired to document the conflict in a way that media outlets and news corporations had not.[4][5][6] She has been called “The Youngest Journalist in Palestine” and is referred to as one of the youngest journalists in the world.[7][8] Tamimi, who believes she is living in the Third Intifada, supports Palestinian resistance.[9] She began reporting to present the perspective of Palestinian youth growing up amid violence, originally using her mother's iPhone to capture videos of protests near her home and uploading them to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube.[10][11][12][13] Eventually she began covering events and marches in Jerusalem and Jordan.[12] She reports in Arabic and in English.[14] She has over 270,000 followers on Facebook.[15] In 2017 Tamimi, hosted by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, went to South Africa to spread awareness about the violence in Palestinian territories as part of the Pals4Peace tour with the Shamsaan Children of Palestine.[16][17][18][19] In March 2017 Tamimi was awarded an International Benevolence Award in Istanbul, Turkey.[3] She was featured in the documentary Radiance of Resistance when she was nine years old.[20] She has been criticized by some as being a propaganda pawn.[21]



References





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  2. ^ http://www.thedawn-news.org/2016/05/18/voice-for-the-voiceless-palestines-10-year-old-journalist-janna-jihad/>


  3. ^ ab "All we want is peace and equality: Janna Jihad - Voice of the Cape". vocfm.co.za. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  4. ^ "Janna Jihad: Meet Palestine's 10-year-old journalist". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  5. ^ "Janna Jihad Ayyad, reporter a 10 anni in Cisgiordania: "La mia telecamera è il mio fucile ed è più forte del fucile"". huffingtonpost.it. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  6. ^ "Is this the West Bank's youngest journalist?". dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  7. ^ "Meet Janna Jihad, the bravest 10-year- old of the Palestinian war front". mvslim.com. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  8. ^ "Janna Jihad, the Youngest Journalist in Palestine - VICE News". VICE News. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  9. ^ "Daily Share: 10-Year-Old Journalist Janna Jihad Reports Live From Palestine". wearyourvoicemag.com. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  10. ^ "Meet Jana Jihad - Palestine's Youngest Amateur Reporter". www.odditycentral.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  11. ^ VagaBomb (31 May 2016). "Meet Janna Jihad, Palestine's 10-Year-Old Journalist Reporting in the Warzone". vagabomb.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  12. ^ ab "Meet The 10-Year-Old Reporting on the Israel-Palestine Conflict". refinery29.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  13. ^ "Voice for the Voiceless: Palestine's 10-Year-Old Journalist Janna Jihad - The Dawn News". www.thedawn-news.org. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  14. ^ "10-year-old Palestinian journalist covers violence in the West Bank". womenintheworld.com. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  15. ^ "Janna Jihad". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  16. ^ "Janna Jihad, 11-year-old journalist, wants South Africans to help Palestine - The Daily Vox". thedailyvox.co.za. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  17. ^ "Janna Jihad, Palestine's youngest journalist". iono.fm. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  18. ^ Patel, Faizel. "Palestinian Activist Janna Jihad Urges South Africans to be the Voice of Palestine". www.radioislam.org.za. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  19. ^ "PALESTINIAN YOUTH ACTIVISTS ON TOUR IN SOUTH AFRICA [JANNA JIHAD & AHED TAMIMI] - BDS". bdssouthafrica.com. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  20. ^ "Film screening on Palestinian girls living through conflict cancelled due to 'inflammatory' narrative". todayonline.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


  21. ^ "Is Janna Jihad a groundbreaking journalist or a tool to spread propaganda?". news.com.au. Retrieved 26 January 2018.








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