Nagieb Khaja

Nagieb Khaja is an internationally recognized and award-winning journalist and documentary director, whose films and reports have appeared on the BBC, Al Jazeera English, Vice International and the Guardian. In 2022, together with colleagues at Ekstra Bladet, he won the Cavling prize for the article series Mettes uønskede børn (Mette’s unwanted children). Most recently, his and Martin Tamm Andersen’s film Bedraget i Helmand (My Enemy’s Enemy) was nominated for a Cavling Award. He has covered the conflicts in Syria and Afghanistan for many years, but currently his focus is on Israel and Palestine. Nagieb Khaja is also a teacher on The National Film School of Denmark’s Documentary programme.