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ZANA OMER I worked for more than 12 years at Voice of America and received the David Barrack Award for Outstanding Journalism in the United States in 2019. Additionally, I have produced over 15 documentaries on the Syrian war. Experience 2011 – 2014: Worked as a reporter for local Kurdish channels. 2014 – 2024: Worked as a reporter for VOA News (Kurdish & English). 2020 – 2023: Worked as a producer for Sky News Arabic. Since 2014: Documentary filmmaker. Print Journalism: Published dozens of opinion articles in Al-Hayat newspaper until its discontinuation and in the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar. Education Graduated from Damascus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Archaeology. Participated in dozens of training workshops in journalism and media. Awards 2016: VOA Kurdish Service Journalist of the Year Award. 2017: VOA Kurdish Service Journalist of the Year Award. 2019: VOA Burke Award – Link. 2017: Award for The Al-Moukhtar documentary film from the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Filmmaker Produced over 15 documentary films during the Syrian war: "Al-Moukhtar" (المختار), produced in 2017, Al Arabiya TV – Watch here "Women of the Dark Age" (نساء زمن السواد), produced in 2017, Al Arabiya TV – Watch here "The Naqshbandi" (النقشبندية), Al Aan TV – Watch here "The ISIS Attack on the Prison" (الهجوم على سجن الصناعة), Al Aan TV – Watch here Contact Email: **** Phone: **** Residence Syria – Northeast – Qamishli city
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A documentary produced for the UAE's Al Aan TV channel about the ISIS attack on the Al-Sina'a prison in Al-Hasakah in 2022
A documentary film produced for the Emirati channel "Al Aan" about the Naqshbandi Sufi order in northern and eastern Syria and its political and social role
