Safa al-Ahmad () is a Saudi Arabian journalist and filmmaker. She directed documentaries for

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and the

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focusing on uprisings in the

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. On November 19, 2019, she was awarded the

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at the

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. She was the joint winner of the 2015

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Freedom of Expression Award for Journalism and was a finalist for the 2014 Sony Impact Award.

Career

Safa started her career in field of documentary film-making. She rose to international fame when she participated on

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by directing many documentaries since 2012 to date.

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"Biography at the international literature festival berlin"
20th-century births Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Saudi Arabian women journalists Saudi Arabian women film directors {{SaudiArabia-film-director-stub