Yousra Elbagir
Yousra Elbagir | |
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يسرا الباقر  | |
| Born | c. 1992 |
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| Occupation | Journalist |
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Yousra Elbagir is a Sudanese–British journalist and writer.[1][2][3]
Early years and education[edit]
Elbagir was born in Khartoum to a Sudanese journalist and politician father, and to a publisher and business person mother. Her mother is known to be the first female publisher in Sudan. She grew up in the United Kingdom until she was 8 years old, when her family moved to Sudan. She moved back to London at the age of 16 and there, she acquired her A levels and graduated from the University of St Andrews with honours after studying Social Anthropology.[4][5][6]
Journalism[edit]
Elbagir started her journalistic experience by participating in student publications during her studies at St Andrews.[7]
Elbagir returned to Sudan in 2015 after her studies to train as a journalist in the field for a year and half.[3][6] As of 2016[update], she was working as a freelance reporter in Khartoum and was a producer for Elephant Media.[1] Her works have been featured on HBO, Channel 4, BBC Africa, BBC Radio 4, CNN, The Financial Times and The Guardian.[8][9][10][11][12]
Elbagir is well-known for having launched the #SudanUnderSanction online media campaign in which Sudanese women and men discussed the effects of the trade sanctions against Sudan.[13]
In 2019, Elbagir reported on the Sudanese Revolution while working for Channel 4. She criticised the beginning steps of the Sudanese institutional transition to democracy, stating, "For the [first] tangible political progress of decades to exclude women is ridiculous. ... Women were the reason that the mass pro-democracy sit-in was able to continue for nearly two months. They ran make-shift clinics, fed fasting protesters daily during Ramadan, they spent the night at check points searching female protesters."[14]
Personal life[edit]
Elbagir is the younger sister of the award-winning CNN journalist and TV correspondent Nima Elbagir.[7][6]
Awards[edit]
- In 2016, Elbagir was awarded the 2016 Thomson Foundation & Foreign Press Association Young Journalist Award for her in-depth reporting on the effects of United States sanctions against Sudan.[7][13][15][2]
- In 2017, she was included in OkayAfrica's 100 Women list.[16][7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Yousra Elbagir | The Guardian". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Yousra Elbagir – Journalist shares her inspirations and role models". Change the Script. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ a b "3 Female Reporters On Covering The News At A Time Of Global Crisis". British Vogue. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Yousra Elbagir". John Noel. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Meet Yousra Elbagir". passerbuys. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ a b c admin (23 December 2019). "Change Maker: Yousra Elbagir". Design Exchange. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d "20 Young Sudanese Women You Should Know About". Ola Diab. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Big and beautiful?". BBC News. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Yousra Elbagir". Channel 4 News. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ Elbagir, Yousra. "Sudan opposition leader arrested after protest crackdown, party says". CNN. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ Elbagir, Yousra (19 April 2019). "In Sudan, the seeds of change have truly been sowed". Financial Times. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ Elbagir, Yousra (4 April 2016). "In Sudan, communities are finally seeing the value of educating girls | Yousra Elbagir". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Human Rights Foundation". Human Rights Foundation. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Sudan signs power-sharing deal as its former dictator goes to trial". Vox. 19 August 2019. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Yousra Elbagir is Thomson Foundation's Young Journalist winner". Thomson Foundation. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "YOUSRA ELBAGIR". Okay Africa. 6 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.