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'''Nadia Al-Sakkaf''' ({{lang-ar|نادية عبد العزيز السقاف}}; born 8 March 1977) is a former Yemeni Minister and politician. She was the editor in chief of the ''[[Yemen Times]]'' from 2005 until 2014, before becoming Yemen's first female [[Minister (government)| Minister]] of Information. She fled Yemen in 2015 after the [[Houthi takeover in Yemen|coup]] and is currently an independent researcher in politics, media, development and gender studies based in the United Kingdom.
'''Nadia Al-Sakkaf''' ({{lang-ar|نادية عبد العزيز السقاف}}; born 8 March 1977) is a former Yemeni Minister and politician. She was the editor in chief of the ''[[Yemen Times]]'' from 2005 until 2014, before becoming Yemen's first female [[Minister (government)| Minister]] of Information. She fled Yemen in 2015 after the [[Houthi takeover in Yemen|coup]] and is currently an independent researcher in politics, media, development and gender studies based in the United Kingdom.
In 2011, Al-Sakkaf gave a popular [[TED talk]] called "See Yemen through my eyes" which had over 3 million views.<ref name=ted>{{cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/nadia_al_sakkaf_see_yemen_through_my_eyes|title=See Yemen through my eyes|first=Nadia|last=Al-Sakkaf|publisher=ted.com|date=July 2011|accessdate=6 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=siblings/>
In 2011, Al-Sakkaf gave a popular [[TED talk]] called "See Yemen through my eyes" which was translated to 34 languages and had over 3 million views.<ref name=ted>{{cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/nadia_al_sakkaf_see_yemen_through_my_eyes|title=See Yemen through my eyes|first=Nadia|last=Al-Sakkaf|publisher=ted.com|date=July 2011|accessdate=6 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=siblings/>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Al-Sakkaf was born in March 1977 to Aziza and [[Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf]].<ref name=huff/> Her father was a lecturer in economics at [[Sana'a University]], a founder of the [[Arab Organization for Human Rights]] and founded the ''Yemen Times'' in 1990.<ref name=siblings>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/the-siblings-fighting-for-freedom-of-expression-in-yemen|title=The Siblings Fighting For Freedom of Expression in Yemen|first=Flore|last=Vasseur|date=21 August 2012|accessdate=6 January 2017|work=World Crunch}}</ref><ref name=huff/> She has two brothers and one sister.<ref name=siblings/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yementimes.com/99/iss23/family.htm |work=Yemen Times |title=Family |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040328083831/http://www.yementimes.com/99/iss23/family.htm |archivedate=28 March 2004 }}</ref>
Al-Sakkaf was born in March 1977 to Aziza and [[Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf]].<ref name="huff">{{cite web|last=Abu-Fadil|first=Magda|date=25 May 2011|title=Nadia al-Sakkaf: Yemen Times Editor on a Mission|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/magda-abufadil/nadia-al-sakkaf-yemen-tim_b_154518.html|accessdate=6 January 2017|work=HuffPost}}</ref> Her father was a lecturer in economics at [[Sana'a University]], a founder of the [[Arab Organization for Human Rights]] and founded the ''Yemen Times'' in 1990.<ref name=siblings>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/the-siblings-fighting-for-freedom-of-expression-in-yemen|title=The Siblings Fighting For Freedom of Expression in Yemen|first=Flore|last=Vasseur|date=21 August 2012|accessdate=6 January 2017|work=World Crunch}}</ref><ref name=huff/> She has two brothers and one sister.<ref name=siblings/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yementimes.com/99/iss23/family.htm |work=Yemen Times |title=Family |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040328083831/http://www.yementimes.com/99/iss23/family.htm |archivedate=28 March 2004 }}</ref>


Al-Sakkaf has a [[Bachelor of Engineering]] in computer science from the [[Birla Institute of Technology]] in India, a Master of Science in Information Systems Management from the [[University of Stirling]] in the United Kingdom and a PhD in [[political science]] from [[Reading University]].<ref name=new>{{cite web|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/author/2016/2/7/nadia-al-sakkaf|title=Nadia Al-Sakaaf|publisher=The New Arab}}</ref> She was a student member of [[Amnesty International]].<ref name=wise/>
Al-Sakkaf has a [[Bachelor of Engineering]] in computer science from the [[Birla Institute of Technology]] in India, a Master of Science in Information Systems Management from the [[University of Stirling]] in the United Kingdom and a PhD in [[political science]] from [[Reading University]].<ref name=new>{{cite web|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/author/2016/2/7/nadia-al-sakkaf|title=Nadia Al-Sakaaf|publisher=The New Arab}}</ref> She was a student member of [[Amnesty International]].<ref name=wise/>

She is proud sister of digital journalism and cyber data expert [https://www.internetsociety.org/author/al-saqaf/ Walid Alsaqaf.] , development and cohesion expert [https://www.linkedin.com/in/alsaqqaf?originalSubdomain=ca Raidan Al-Sakkaf], and education multiculturalism expert [https://centrointernazionalelapira.org/intervista-haifa-alsakkaf/ Haifa Al-Sakkaf.] and Al-Sakkaf is married to a Jordanian man and they have two children.<ref name="huff" /><ref name="wise" /><ref name="beast" /><ref />

==Career==
==Career==
Al-Sakkaf worked as a [[systems analyst]] at the Arab Experts Center for Consultancy and Systems.<ref name=wise/> She joined the ''Yemen Times'' in July 2000 as a translator and reporter. The newspaper is the country's first independent English language newspaper and was started by her father in 1991. He died in 1999 after being hit by a car, although Al-Sakkaf and her brother believe he was assassinated for opposing the regime of President [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]].<ref name=huff/><ref name=beast>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2014/04/03/nadia-al-sakkaf-editor-on-fire.html|title=Editor on Fire|date=3 April 2014|accessdate=6 January 2017|first=Gail|last=Sheehy|work=The Daily Beast}}</ref> She became an assistant editor in September 2000.<ref name=wise>{{cite web|url=http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/muslimwomen/bio/nadia_al-sakkaf/|title=Muslim Women: Past and Present|publisher=Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality|accessdate=6 January 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221004901/http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/muslimwomen/bio/nadia_al-sakkaf/|archivedate=21 December 2016}}</ref>
Al-Sakkaf worked as a [[systems analyst]] at the Arab Experts Center for Consultancy and Systems.<ref name=wise/> She joined the ''Yemen Times'' in July 2000 as a translator and reporter. The newspaper is the country's first independent English language newspaper and was started by her father in 1991. He died in 1999 after being hit by a car, although Al-Sakkaf and her brother believe he was assassinated for opposing the regime of President [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]].<ref name=huff/><ref name=beast>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2014/04/03/nadia-al-sakkaf-editor-on-fire.html|title=Editor on Fire|date=3 April 2014|accessdate=6 January 2017|first=Gail|last=Sheehy|work=The Daily Beast}}</ref> She became an assistant editor in September 2000.<ref name=wise>{{cite web|url=http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/muslimwomen/bio/nadia_al-sakkaf/|title=Muslim Women: Past and Present|publisher=Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality|accessdate=6 January 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221004901/http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/muslimwomen/bio/nadia_al-sakkaf/|archivedate=21 December 2016}}</ref>
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In 2012, she launched ''Radio Yemen Times'', an FM radio station which was Yemen's first free public platform for expression, broadcasting ten hours a day as an alternative to the [[state media|state-monopolised]] [[Media of Yemen|media]].<ref name=ms/> In 2014 she launched Radio Lana, the first community radio in the south of Yemen<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/lanafmaden|title=Radio Lana|date=21 August 2020|accessdate=21 August 2020}}</ref>.
In 2012, she launched ''Radio Yemen Times'', an FM radio station which was Yemen's first free public platform for expression, broadcasting ten hours a day as an alternative to the [[state media|state-monopolised]] [[Media of Yemen|media]].<ref name=ms/> In 2014 she launched Radio Lana, the first community radio in the south of Yemen<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/lanafmaden|title=Radio Lana|date=21 August 2020|accessdate=21 August 2020}}</ref>.


Al-Sakkaf was appointed Information Minister under Prime Minister [[Khalid Bahah]] in 2014.<ref name=black/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2015/01/yemen-forces-houthi-rebels-clash-sanaa-20151195716226461.html|title=Yemen clashes throw capital into chaos|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=19 January 2015|accessdate=6 January 2017}}</ref> On 20 January 2015, when [[Houthi]] fighters stormed the capital and took control of all media outlets, Al-Sakkaf took to Twitter to report the coup. She later said, "I felt more like a reporter than the minister of information. I wasn't scared at the time but I was afterwards when I realised the implications. My name was everywhere. I had more than 20,000 more followers on Twitter in one day."<ref name=black>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/on-the-middle-east/2015/may/21/how-yemen-information-ministers-tweets-broadcast-the-fall-of-sanaa|title=How Yemen information minister's tweets broadcast the fall of Sana'a|first=Ian|last=Black|date=21 May 2015|accessdate=6 January 2017|work=The Guardian}}</ref> In May 2015, Al-Sakkaf was living in exile in [[Riyadh]] as a member of the internationally recognised Yemeni government seeking to restore [[President (government title)|President]] [[Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi]] to power.<ref name=black/>
Al-Sakkaf was appointed Information Minister under Prime Minister [[Khalid Bahah]] in 2014.<ref name=black/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2015/01/yemen-forces-houthi-rebels-clash-sanaa-20151195716226461.html|title=Yemen clashes throw capital into chaos|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=19 January 2015|accessdate=6 January 2017}}</ref> On 20 January 2015, when [[Houthi]] fighters stormed the capital and took control of all media outlets, Al-Sakkaf took to Twitter to report the coup. She later said, "I felt more like a reporter than the minister of information. I wasn't scared at the time but I was afterwards when I realized the implications. My name was everywhere. I had more than 20,000 more followers on Twitter in one day."<ref name=black>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/on-the-middle-east/2015/may/21/how-yemen-information-ministers-tweets-broadcast-the-fall-of-sanaa|title=How Yemen information minister's tweets broadcast the fall of Sana'a|first=Ian|last=Black|date=21 May 2015|accessdate=6 January 2017|work=The Guardian}}</ref> In May 2015, Al-Sakkaf was living in exile in [[Riyadh]] as a member of the internationally recognized Yemeni government seeking to restore [[President (government title)|President]] [[Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi]] to power.<ref name=black/>


Al-Sakkaf is the director of Yemen 21 Forum a development NGO based in [[Sana'a]].<ref name=wi>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/experts/view/nadia-al-sakkaf|title=Nadia al-Sakkaf|publisher=The Washington Institute}}</ref>
Al-Sakkaf is the director of Yemen 21 Forum a development NGO based in [[Sana'a]].<ref name=wi>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/experts/view/nadia-al-sakkaf|title=Nadia al-Sakkaf|publisher=The Washington Institute}}</ref>


Al-Sakkaf published extensively in the fields of politics, media, and development. She has many policy and research papers, book chapters, and has authored two books on Yemeni women’s empowerment. She also published a book collection on the experiences of Yemeni women as electoral candidates available in Arabic and English. Some of her work can be found in her research page and LinkedIn profile. Her TED Talk Yemen through my eyes, is one of the most known videos on Yemen as it was translated to 34 languages and had over half a million views. She is a member of several local and international platforms such as the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate, Women Without Borders, and Women’s Islamic initiative in Spirituality and Equality.
Al-Sakkaf published extensively in the fields of politics, media, and development. She has many policy and research papers, book chapters, and has authored two books on Yemeni women’s empowerment. She also published a book collection on the experiences of Yemeni women as electoral candidates available in Arabic and English. Some of her work can be found in her research page and LinkedIn profile. She is a member of several local and international platforms such as the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate, Women Without Borders, and Women’s Islamic initiative in Spirituality and Equality.


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
Al-Sakkaf was the first recipient of the [[Gebran Tueni]] Award in 2006, given by the [[World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers]] and ''[[An-Nahar]] Newspaper'' in [[Beirut]].<ref name=wise/> She received the Free Media Pioneers Award from the International Press Institute in [[Vienna]] on behalf of the Yemen Times in the same year <ref name=ipi>{{cite web|url=https://ifex.org/ipi-names-yemen-times-free-media-pioneer-2006/|title=IPI names “Yemen Times” Free Media Pioneer 2006|date=5 May 2006|accessdate=21 August 2020}}</ref>. In 2013, she received the [[Business for Peace Foundation|Oslo Business for Peace Award]], an award chosen by winners of the Nobel Prizes in [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] and [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] and given to leaders in the private sector who have "demonstrated transformative and positive change through ethical business practices."<ref name=ms>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediasupport.org/nadia-al-sakkaf-chief-editor-of-yemen-times-receives-business-for-peace-award/|publisher=International Media Support|title=Nadia Al Sakkaf, Chief editor of Yemen Times, receives Business for Peace Award|date=23 May 2013|accessdate=6 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=wi/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ye.undp.org/content/yemen/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2013/05/14/nadia-al-sakkaf-a-yemeni-businesswoman-receives-business-for-peace-award-honored-on-may-14th-at-akershus-nobel-prize-fortress-in-oslo-.html|title=Nadia Al Sakkaf – a Yemeni Businesswoman receives Business for Peace Award, honored on May 14th at Akershus Nobel Prize Fortress in Oslo|date=14 May 2013|accessdate=6 January 2017|publisher=UNDP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107005948/http://www.ye.undp.org/content/yemen/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2013/05/14/nadia-al-sakkaf-a-yemeni-businesswoman-receives-business-for-peace-award-honored-on-may-14th-at-akershus-nobel-prize-fortress-in-oslo-.html|archive-date=7 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was recognised by the ''[[BBC]]'' as one of "100 women who changed the world" in 2013.<ref name=wi/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-24579511|title=100 Women: Who took part?|date=22 November 2013|accessdate=6 January 2017|publisher=BBC}}</ref> She was also chosen by the World Economic Forum as one of 2015 distinguished Young Global Leaders<ref name=youngleaders>{{cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/03/meet-the-2015-class-of-young-global-leaders/|title=Meet the 2015 Class of Young Global Leaders|date=23 May 2015|accessdate=21 August 2020}}</ref>.
Al-Sakkaf was the first recipient of the [[Gebran Tueni]] Award in 2006, given by the [[World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers]] and ''[[An-Nahar]] Newspaper'' in [[Beirut]].<ref name=wise/> She received the Free Media Pioneers Award from the International Press Institute in [[Vienna]] on behalf of the Yemen Times in the same year <ref name=ipi>{{cite web|url=https://ifex.org/ipi-names-yemen-times-free-media-pioneer-2006/|title=IPI names “Yemen Times” Free Media Pioneer 2006|date=5 May 2006|accessdate=21 August 2020}}</ref>. In 2013, she received the [[Business for Peace Foundation|Oslo Business for Peace Award]], an award chosen by winners of the Nobel Prizes in [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] and [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] and given to leaders in the private sector who have "demonstrated transformative and positive change through ethical business practices."<ref name=ms>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediasupport.org/nadia-al-sakkaf-chief-editor-of-yemen-times-receives-business-for-peace-award/|publisher=International Media Support|title=Nadia Al Sakkaf, Chief editor of Yemen Times, receives Business for Peace Award|date=23 May 2013|accessdate=6 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=wi/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ye.undp.org/content/yemen/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2013/05/14/nadia-al-sakkaf-a-yemeni-businesswoman-receives-business-for-peace-award-honored-on-may-14th-at-akershus-nobel-prize-fortress-in-oslo-.html|title=Nadia Al Sakkaf – a Yemeni Businesswoman receives Business for Peace Award, honored on May 14th at Akershus Nobel Prize Fortress in Oslo|date=14 May 2013|accessdate=6 January 2017|publisher=UNDP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107005948/http://www.ye.undp.org/content/yemen/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2013/05/14/nadia-al-sakkaf-a-yemeni-businesswoman-receives-business-for-peace-award-honored-on-may-14th-at-akershus-nobel-prize-fortress-in-oslo-.html|archive-date=7 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was recognized by the ''[[BBC]]'' as one of "100 women who changed the world" in 2013.<ref name=wi/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-24579511|title=100 Women: Who took part?|date=22 November 2013|accessdate=6 January 2017|publisher=BBC}}</ref> She was also chosen by the World Economic Forum as one of 2015 distinguished Young Global Leaders<ref name=youngleaders>{{cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/03/meet-the-2015-class-of-young-global-leaders/|title=Meet the 2015 Class of Young Global Leaders|date=23 May 2015|accessdate=21 August 2020}}</ref>

== Media presence ==


* (2018). ‘[https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/Comment/2018/1/15/The-only-hope-for-Yemen-lies-beyond-its-capital The only hope for Yemen lies beyond its capital].’ ''The New Arab.'' 9 January.
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==Publications==
* (2018). ‘[https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/08/opinions/yemen-women-nadia-sakkaf-asequals/index.html War in Yemen gives women more responsibility but not empowerment].’ ''CNN''. 8 January.
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* {{cite web|url=https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/yemen-and-the-search-for-stability-power-politics-and-society-after-the-arab-spring|title=Negotiating Women’s Empowerment in the NDC|first=Nadia|last=Al-Sakkaf|date=2018|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing}}Al-Sakkaf, N. In Heinze, M. C. (Ed.). ''Yemen and the Search for Stability: Power, Politics and Society After the Arab Spring''. . 134.
* (2017). ‘[https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/have-we-forgotten-the-women-of-yemen Have We Forgotten the Women of Yemen?]’ ''Fikra Forum.'' 27 November.
* (2016). ‘[https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/07/yemen-hadramout-forces-aqap-isis.html What is the real challenge for Yemen's Hadrami Elite forces]?’ ''Al-Monitor.'' 19 July.
* (2016). ‘[https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2016/5/12/ethnic-hatred-in-yemen Ethnic hatred in Yemen].’ ''The New Arab.'' 12 May.
* (2016). ‘[https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-tragedy-of-yemens-civil-society The Tragedy of Yemen’s Civil Society].’ ''The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.'' 19 February.
* (2016). ‘[https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2016/2/8/a-silver-lining-in-yemens-tragedy A silver lining in Yemen's tragedy].’ ''The New Arab.'' 8 February.
* (2015). ‘[https://www.theguardian.com/world/on-the-middle-east/2015/may/21/how-yemen-information-ministers-tweets-broadcast-the-fall-of-sanaa How Yemen Information Minister’s tweets broadcast the fall of Sana’a.]’ ''Interviewed by Ian Black for the Guardian''. 21 May.
* (2015). ‘[https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/03/how-social-media-can-help-keep-democracy-alive/ How social media can help keep democracy alive].’ ''World Economic Forum.'' 18 March.
* (2013). ‘[http://www.trust.org/item/20130827111523-i7en6/ Changing the 'Black Mass' in the Yemeni capital].’ ''Thomson Reuters Foundation.'' 27 August.
* (2012). ‘[http://www.dc4mf.org/en/content/press-freedom-yemen-through-looking-glass Press Freedom in Yemen: Through the Looking Glass].’ ''The Doha Centre for Media Freedom.'' 19 December.
* (2012). ‘[https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/time-refocus-reconstruction-sa%E2%80%99ada Time to refocus on reconstruction in Sa’ada].’ ''The Yemen Times.'' 5 March.
* (2012). [https://taz.de/!625875/ ‘We are afraid that our revolution will remain unfinished].’ ''Die Tageszeitung.'' 14 January.
* (2011). ‘I[https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/intensive-army-recruitment-feeds-ongoing-conflict ntensive army recruitment feeds ongoing conflict].’ ''The Yemen Times.'' 27 October.
* (2011). ‘[https://www.newsweek.com/my-turn-dream-my-daughter-68263 My Turn: A dream for my daughter.]’ ''Newsweek''. 10 March.
* (2010). ‘[https://www.diepresse.com/544674/nadia-al-sakkaf-die-grenze-uberschreiten Nadia Al-Sakkaf: Crossing the border].’ ''Interviewed by Jutta Sommerbauer for Die Presse.'' 6 March.
* (2010). ‘[https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/lack-funding-prevents-yemen-achieving-mdgs-time Lack of funding prevents Yemen from achieving MDGs on time].’ ''The Yemen Times.'' 28 January.
* (2009). ‘[https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Wir-sind-bewaffnet-Analphabeten-hungrig-und-zornig-3383047.html We are armed, illiterate, hungry and angry].’ ''Interviewed by Alfred Hackensberger for TelePolis.'' 29 October.


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==Academic Publications==
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* {{cite web|url=http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/09434.pdf|title=Yemen's Women and the Quest for Change: Political Participation after the Arab Revolution|first=Nadia|last=Al-Sakkaf|date=October 2012|publisher=Friedrich Ebert Stiftung}}
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*{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/yemen-and-the-search-for-stability-power-politics-and-society-after-the-arab-spring|title=Negotiating Women’s Empowerment in the NDC|first=Nadia|last=Al-Sakkaf|date=2018|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing}}Al-Sakkaf, N. In Heinze, M. C. (Ed.). ''Yemen and the Search for Stability: Power, Politics and Society After the Arab Spring''. . 134.
* Al-Sakkaf, N. (2016). [https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/yemena-relapse-into-tribalism Yemen’s Relapse into Tribalism]. ''Beyond Islamists and Autocrats.'' The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. 1-11.
* Al-Sakkaf, N. (2014). Yemen. in Melidoro, D., Corrao, F. M., Maffettone, S., Sibilio, S., & Hamed, S. A. (Eds). ''[https://www.amazon.it/arabo-Cronache-testimonianze-transizioni-Tunisia/dp/8872331129 Voci dal mondo arabo: Cronache e testimonianze delle transizioni in Egitto, Siria, Tunisia e Yemen] [Voices from the Arab world: Reports and testimonies of transitions in Egypt, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen]''. Editrice Apes.
* Al-Sakkaf, N. (2013). [https://www.santannapisa.it/sites/default/files/yemen_april_2013.pdf The rise of public opinion. ''Yemen on the verge of Change'']. Vol. IX, no. 32. ''ITPCM International Commentary & the Institute of Law, Politics and Development - Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna''. Pisa – Italy.
* Al-Sakkaf, N. (2013). ''The Gulf Council Countries Initiative for Power Transfer in Yemen and its implementation mechanism: Popular Version''. Yemen 21 Forum.


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*{{cite web|url=http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/09434.pdf|title=Yemen's Women and the Quest for Change: Political Participation after the Arab Revolution|first=Nadia|last=Al-Sakkaf|date=October 2012|publisher=Friedrich Ebert Stiftung}}
==Personal life==
* Al-Sakkaf, N. (2012). ''[https://www.academia.edu/35099146/LEAD_A_Yemeni_womens_empowerment_manual_for_public_leadership LEAD: a Yemeni women’s empowerment guide for public leadership]''. Yemen 21 Forum and UNDP-EC Joint Electoral Assistance Project.
Al-Sakkaf is married to a Jordanian man and they have two children.<ref name=huff>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/magda-abufadil/nadia-al-sakkaf-yemen-tim_b_154518.html|title=Nadia al-Sakkaf: Yemen Times Editor on a Mission|first=Magda|last=Abu-Fadil|work=HuffPost|date=25 May 2011|accessdate=6 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=wise/><ref name=beast/><ref />
* Al-Sakkaf, N. (2012). ''Gender in political reports guide for journalists''. Yemen 21 Forum & UNDP-EC Joint Electoral Assistance Project.
* Al-Sakkaf, N. (2011). [https://ps.boell.org/en/2013/11/05/yemen%E2%80%99s-revolution-lack-public-reasoning-international-politics Yemen’s revolution: The lack of public reasoning]. ''Perspectives Publication'', ''159''.
* Al-Sakkaf, Nadia. (2011). [https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/?fa=43735 The Politicization of Yemen's Youth Revolution]. ''Arab Reform Bulletin. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.''Personal life
* Al-Sakkaf, N. (2008). ''Breaking the stereotype: Yemeni female candidates in elections''. Yemen Times & Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 11:35, 21 August 2020

Nadia Al-Sakkaf (Template:Lang-ar; born 8 March 1977) is a former Yemeni Minister and politician. She was the editor in chief of the Yemen Times from 2005 until 2014, before becoming Yemen's first female Minister of Information. She fled Yemen in 2015 after the coup and is currently an independent researcher in politics, media, development and gender studies based in the United Kingdom. In 2011, Al-Sakkaf gave a popular TED talk called "See Yemen through my eyes" which was translated to 34 languages and had over 3 million views.[1][2]

Early life and education

Al-Sakkaf was born in March 1977 to Aziza and Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf.[3] Her father was a lecturer in economics at Sana'a University, a founder of the Arab Organization for Human Rights and founded the Yemen Times in 1990.[2][3] She has two brothers and one sister.[2][4]

Al-Sakkaf has a Bachelor of Engineering in computer science from the Birla Institute of Technology in India, a Master of Science in Information Systems Management from the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom and a PhD in political science from Reading University.[5] She was a student member of Amnesty International.[6]

She is proud sister of digital journalism and cyber data expert Walid Alsaqaf. , development and cohesion expert Raidan Al-Sakkaf, and education multiculturalism expert Haifa Al-Sakkaf. and Al-Sakkaf is married to a Jordanian man and they have two children.[3][6][7]Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page).

Career

Al-Sakkaf worked as a systems analyst at the Arab Experts Center for Consultancy and Systems.[6] She joined the Yemen Times in July 2000 as a translator and reporter. The newspaper is the country's first independent English language newspaper and was started by her father in 1991. He died in 1999 after being hit by a car, although Al-Sakkaf and her brother believe he was assassinated for opposing the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.[3][7] She became an assistant editor in September 2000.[6]

Al-Sakkaf worked in Oxfam's humanitarian program in 2003.[6] In March 2005, she became the editor in chief of the Yemen Times. In 2011, during the Arab Spring in Yemen, Al-Sakkaf and her staff participated in protests demanding that Saleh step down[7] and played a significant role in reporting the Yemeni Revolution to the wider world.[1] Al-Sakkaf is a member of the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate and the International Journalists Syndicate.[6] She is an advocate for women's rights,[8][9] successfully recruiting female journalists to bring a gender balance to the newspaper's staff and running articles on female genital mutilation.[7][10]

In 2012, she launched Radio Yemen Times, an FM radio station which was Yemen's first free public platform for expression, broadcasting ten hours a day as an alternative to the state-monopolised media.[10] In 2014 she launched Radio Lana, the first community radio in the south of Yemen[11].

Al-Sakkaf was appointed Information Minister under Prime Minister Khalid Bahah in 2014.[12][13] On 20 January 2015, when Houthi fighters stormed the capital and took control of all media outlets, Al-Sakkaf took to Twitter to report the coup. She later said, "I felt more like a reporter than the minister of information. I wasn't scared at the time but I was afterwards when I realized the implications. My name was everywhere. I had more than 20,000 more followers on Twitter in one day."[12] In May 2015, Al-Sakkaf was living in exile in Riyadh as a member of the internationally recognized Yemeni government seeking to restore President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi to power.[12]

Al-Sakkaf is the director of Yemen 21 Forum a development NGO based in Sana'a.[14]

Al-Sakkaf published extensively in the fields of politics, media, and development. She has many policy and research papers, book chapters, and has authored two books on Yemeni women’s empowerment. She also published a book collection on the experiences of Yemeni women as electoral candidates available in Arabic and English. Some of her work can be found in her research page and LinkedIn profile. She is a member of several local and international platforms such as the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate, Women Without Borders, and Women’s Islamic initiative in Spirituality and Equality.

Awards and honors

Al-Sakkaf was the first recipient of the Gebran Tueni Award in 2006, given by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers and An-Nahar Newspaper in Beirut.[6] She received the Free Media Pioneers Award from the International Press Institute in Vienna on behalf of the Yemen Times in the same year [15]. In 2013, she received the Oslo Business for Peace Award, an award chosen by winners of the Nobel Prizes in Economics and Peace and given to leaders in the private sector who have "demonstrated transformative and positive change through ethical business practices."[10][14][16] She was recognized by the BBC as one of "100 women who changed the world" in 2013.[14][17] She was also chosen by the World Economic Forum as one of 2015 distinguished Young Global Leaders[18]

Media presence

Academic Publications

  • Al-Sakkaf, Nadia (2018). "Negotiating Women's Empowerment in the NDC". Bloomsbury Publishing.Al-Sakkaf, N. In Heinze, M. C. (Ed.). Yemen and the Search for Stability: Power, Politics and Society After the Arab Spring. . 134.
  • Al-Sakkaf, N. (2016). Yemen’s Relapse into Tribalism. Beyond Islamists and Autocrats. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. 1-11.
  • Al-Sakkaf, N. (2014). Yemen. in Melidoro, D., Corrao, F. M., Maffettone, S., Sibilio, S., & Hamed, S. A. (Eds). Voci dal mondo arabo: Cronache e testimonianze delle transizioni in Egitto, Siria, Tunisia e Yemen [Voices from the Arab world: Reports and testimonies of transitions in Egypt, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen]. Editrice Apes.
  • Al-Sakkaf, N. (2013). The rise of public opinion. Yemen on the verge of Change. Vol. IX, no. 32. ITPCM International Commentary & the Institute of Law, Politics and Development - Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. Pisa – Italy.
  • Al-Sakkaf, N. (2013). The Gulf Council Countries Initiative for Power Transfer in Yemen and its implementation mechanism: Popular Version. Yemen 21 Forum.

References

  1. ^ a b Al-Sakkaf, Nadia (July 2011). "See Yemen through my eyes". ted.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Vasseur, Flore (21 August 2012). "The Siblings Fighting For Freedom of Expression in Yemen". World Crunch. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d Abu-Fadil, Magda (25 May 2011). "Nadia al-Sakkaf: Yemen Times Editor on a Mission". HuffPost. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Family". Yemen Times. Archived from the original on 28 March 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Nadia Al-Sakaaf". The New Arab.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Muslim Women: Past and Present". Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d Sheehy, Gail (3 April 2014). "Editor on Fire". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  8. ^ Friedson, Felice (17 February 2012). "Interview: 'Yemen Times' editor Nadia Al-Sakkaf". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  9. ^ Heydarpour, Roja (10 April 2014). "Nadia Al-Sakkaf: How the Arab Spring empowered women". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  10. ^ a b c "Nadia Al Sakkaf, Chief editor of Yemen Times, receives Business for Peace Award". International Media Support. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Radio Lana". 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  12. ^ a b c Black, Ian (21 May 2015). "How Yemen information minister's tweets broadcast the fall of Sana'a". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Yemen clashes throw capital into chaos". Al Jazeera. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  14. ^ a b c "Nadia al-Sakkaf". The Washington Institute.
  15. ^ "IPI names "Yemen Times" Free Media Pioneer 2006". 5 May 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  16. ^ "Nadia Al Sakkaf – a Yemeni Businesswoman receives Business for Peace Award, honored on May 14th at Akershus Nobel Prize Fortress in Oslo". UNDP. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  17. ^ "100 Women: Who took part?". BBC. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  18. ^ "Meet the 2015 Class of Young Global Leaders". 23 May 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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