Jenan Moussa ( ar, جنان موسى; born 14 April 1984,

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) is an investigative reporter of the

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-based Al Aan TV network.

Early life and education

She graduated from the

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(AUST) and began to work for Al Aan, first in the office, but soon she was deployed as a field reporter in several countries such as

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Journalistic career

She published several reports which made worldwide headlines such as: A report about the juridical situation in

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, during the rule of the Islamists in 2012–2013. An interview of the imprisoned

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in Syria, who is a member of the so-called "

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", a British group from the

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(IS). And the research about Omaima Abdi, the widow of Deso Dogg, a German rapper who joined ISIL. She obtained her cellphone and traced her to

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, Germany, where Omaima Abdi was detained in and prosecuted following her research. In October 2020, Obaidi Abdi was issued a verdict condemning her to 3 years and 6 months imprisonment. Her reporting about ISIL came again to the news in September 2020, as the

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against the Islamic State reported that Moussa has investigated the detention of the current leader of IS (September 2020) Mohammed Said Abd Al Rahman Al-Mawla in 2008 in

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by the United States, and has come to the conclusion that he has been betraying members of IS and

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at the time. In January 2021, she was presented as the host of the new TV show from the Al Aan network.

Awards

* In 2008, while still a student at the AUST, she was honored with the

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Award. * In 2019, she received the Shifa Gardi International Award.

References

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