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Afrah Nasser () is an independent Yemeni journalist, living in exile in Sweden since 2011. Her reporting on Yemen's political affairs has been published in international publications including the ''
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and ''The National''. In 2015 ''
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'' listed Nasser as the 15th most powerful Arab under 40. Nasser won the Dawit Isaak Prize in 2014, and the Pennskaft Award in 2016. In 2017, she won the International Press Freedom Award from the
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Yemeni political journalists Living people Swedish journalists Year of birth missing (living people) Yemeni emigrants to Sweden 21st-century Yemeni journalists {{Yemen-journalist-stub