Bisan Owda

Bisan Owda in arabic بيسان عودة born in 1997 is a Palestinian journalist influencer and director In one of his videos Owda says he comes from a village in the northern Gaza Strip While visiting her grandparents she would have witnessed the destruction of their orange plantation by Israeli forces at the age of fifteen Owda works with the United Nations on gender equality as a member of the UN Women Agora Forum for Youth Gender Innovation2 Owda also works with the European Union on climate change and is an EU Goodwill Ambassador Owda produces a show Hakawatia broadcast by Roya TV and works for the United Nations Population Fund UNFPA Bisan Owda publishes videos documenting the daily lives of Gazans or recounting his personal experience living through the Palestinian genocide Owdas videos on the lives of Palestinians during the war since October 7 2023 have been shared by ABC News Al Jazeera BBC1 and Le Monde As of October 15 2023 Owda accumulates more than 180000 followers on Instagram Owda and his parents fled Beit Hanoun to take refuge in AlShifa hospital when the IDF ordered the Gazans to evacuate His familys home and office in Rimal are both bombed destroying all of Owdas film equipment She witnesses the AlShifa ambulance airstrike on November 3 2023 Bisan Owda receives an Emmy Award in 2024 for his documentary Its Bisan from Gaza and Im Still Alive