Yasmina Hamlawi
Yasmina Hamlawi was born in France in 1975. She is a doctoral student in international public law. Since 2005, she has worked as a freelance journalist specializing in women's rights issues, particularly in the Arab world and the Middle East, but also in the Indian subcontinent. In 2012, she directed The Price of Exile, a radio documentary tracing the journey of an undocumented migrant woman who left her children behind. Her documentary was nominated for the 2012 Prix Europa and the 2013 Longueur d'Ondes Festival. In 2022, her audio documentary Pearl, which deals with clitoral excision by following the journey of a young Somali woman, won the prestigious Prix Europa. Beyond her radio experience, she also co-directed in 2009 Alter echos, a video documentary about the influence of the situation in Palestine on the Arab community in Belgium.
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