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Home/People/Nawal Al-Maghafi
Nawal Al-Maghafi profile photo
Born
Sep 2, 1991
Age 34
Place of Birth
Yemen
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

3
Movies
2
TV Shows
Also Known As
نوال المقحفي
Nawal Al-Maghafi
IMDb Profile

Nawal Al-Maghafi

Acting

Biography
Reported and Directed Starving Yemen, she was one of the first journalists to enter Sadah and gain an exclusive interview with one of the key leaders of the Houthi movement. She has reported across the border in Saudi Arabia on the conditions facing the Shi’a population there. She reported a BBC World film on Ali Abdullah Saleh and his family, interviewing the former President and his close associates. She has also documented the journey of Ethiopian migrants traveling to Saudi Arabia for work and the stories of those who were kidnapped and tortured in Yemen, including at the hands of members of the Yemeni military.
Most recently she worked on two films with BBC Newsnight investigating the UK and US role in the war in Yemen and has contributed is a frequent writer on The Telegraph, Middle East Eye amongst other publications.
Murder in Mayfair poster

Murder in Mayfair

as Self
2023
Secrets & Deals poster

Secrets & Deals

as Narrator
2022
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Undercover with the Clerics: Iraq's Secret Sex Trade

as Self
2019