The Take: Youmna ElSayed- How a year of Israel’s war on Gaza changes a life

Al Jazeera’s Youmna ElSayed won the Pimentel Fonseca Civil Journalism Award at Napoli’s Int’l Civil Journalism Festival.

Al Jazeera’s Youmna ElSayed was on the front lines of Israel’s war on Gaza, reporting live on air with air strikes behind her and facing threats to her life. A year after October 7, she shares the toll of what she witnessed, as a correspondent and as a mother, and reveals the impacts of war that linger long after reaching physical safety.

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This episode was produced by Tamara Khandaker, Sonia Bhagat, and Sarí el-Khalili with Phillip Lanos, Hisham Abu Salah, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Cole van Miltenburg, and our host Malika Bilal.