Ashraf Mashharawi is an Emmy-award-winning Palestinian film-maker and journalist from Gaza. Since 2000, he has produced films on a wide range of topics from war zones, including in Palestine, Ukraine, Yemen, Africa and Syria. His films have received international awards and he was honored in London for his influential coverage of the 2009 Gaza war and recognized at the Sarajevo Film Festival for his pioneering role in the film industry in the region. Most recently, he won the Silver Dolphin Award for his film Palestine 1920 and the 2025 International Emmy Award. Following the ceasefire in Gaza, Mashharawi and his crews continue to document the consequences of the war, including loss, survival and the long, difficult process of trying to rebuild life after destruction.

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