Nagieb Khaja
{{Short description|Danish journalist}}
Nagieb Khaja (born 1979 in Copenhagen) is a Danish journalist, documentary filmmaker{{Citation|last=www.oberon.nl|first=Oberon Amsterdam|title=My Afghanistan - Life in the Forbidden Zone {{!}} IDFA|url=https://www.idfa.nl/en/film/8c131856-4da2-4c7f-bb7f-bb92feaf7a93/my-afghanistan-life-in-the-forbidden-zone|access-date=2021-11-13}}{{Cite web|date=2013-05-30|title='Mit Afghanistan' får pris for bedste dokumentar|url=https://www.dr.dk/presse/mit-afghanistan-faar-pris-bedste-dokumentar|access-date=2021-11-13|website=DR|language=da}} and writer. A war correspondent, Khaja has reported for the likes of Al Jazeera English,{{Cite web|title=Nagieb Khaja {{!}} Al Jazeera News {{!}} Today's latest from Al Jazeera|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/author/nagieb_khaja_160814213757736|access-date=2021-11-13|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2016-04-18|title=Renowned Journalist Nagieb Khaja Speaks at DIS Seminar Night|url=https://disabroad.org/2016/04/18/renowned-journalist-nagieb-khaja-speaks-dis-seminar-night/|access-date=2021-11-13|website=DIS|language=en-US}} Vice{{Cite web|title=Nagieb Khaja|url=https://www.vice.com/en/tag/nagieb-khaja/|access-date=2021-11-13|website=Vice.com|language=en}} and BBC{{Cite web|title=BBC World News - Storyville Global, My Afghanistan|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3csxkl5|access-date=2021-11-13|website=BBC|language=en-GB}} from Afghanistan, Syria and Palestine.{{Cite web|work=Murmur|title=I became a journalist because I wanted to change the world|url=http://murmur.dk/i-became-a-journalist-because-i-wanted-to-change-the-world/|access-date=2021-11-13|language=en-US}} Khaja has been nominated twice for the Cavling Prize,{{Cite web|title=Cavlingprisen - Danmarks mest prestigefyldte journalistpris|url=https://journalistforbundet.dk/cavling|access-date=2021-11-13|website=journalistforbundet.dk|language=da}} a prestigious Danish journalist award.{{Cite web|title=Nagieb Khaja|url=https://www.unhcr.org/neu/3604-nagieb-khaja.html|access-date=2021-11-13|website=UNHCR Nordic and Baltic Countries|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2007-08-14|title=Lars Wikborg & Nagieb Khaja|url=http://www.journalistforbundet.dk/sw30911.asp|access-date=2021-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814043746/http://www.journalistforbundet.dk/sw30911.asp|archive-date=2007-08-14}}
Personal life
Khaja is of Afghan descent. He attended the University of Southern Denmark, graduating with a degree in journalism.{{Cite web|title=THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE: IN CONVERSATION WITH NAGIEB KHAJA|url=http://www.petrieinventory.com/the-other-side-of-the-fence-in-conversation-with-nagieb-khaja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030221003/http://www.petrieinventory.com/the-other-side-of-the-fence-in-conversation-with-nagieb-khaja|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 30, 2019|access-date=2021-11-13|website=PETRIe|language=en-US}}
Filmography
- 2012: My Afghanistan - Life in the Forbidden Zone (Mit Afghanistan - Livet i den forbudte Zone)
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Category:21st-century Danish journalists
Category:Danish documentary filmmakers