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Bisan Owda sitting in a car wearing a PRESS vest

Bisan is a Palestinian journalist who has been reporting from Gaza almost daily since October, 2023. She starts every video telling us her name and immediately comforting us with, “I’m still alive.” This routine introduction was the premise for a documentary produced by Anna Kook, Sara Salman and chronicles the various videos that Bisan shared with the world since 2023. The documentary aptly titled, “It’s Bisan from Gaza and I’m Still Alive” received a Peabody Award for, “showing bravery and persistence in the midst of imminent danger, and for carrying a heavy journalistic burden as the entire world looks on.”

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Photo of Yousef Alhelou wearing a PRESS vest

Yousef is a freelance Palestinian journalist who has reported from Gaza since 2007. In 2025 he became a documentary filmmaker with the release of the documentary, The Phoenix of Gaza. He has a master’s degree in international relations from Brunel University London, and currently based in London.

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