Ramita Navai

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Ramita Navai
رامیتا نوایی
Navai at the University of Birmingham, 2012
Born (1973-07-21) 21 July 1973 (age 51)
Tehran, Iran
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materCity, University of London
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • documentary producer
  • author
Years active2003–present
Notable workCity of Lies (2014)
TelevisionUnreported World

Ramita Navai (Persian: رامیتا نوایی; born 21 July 1973)[1] is a British journalist, documentary producer, and author. A recipient of the Emmy Award[2] and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award,[3] she has reported from over 40 countries and has a reputation for gathering stories on underreported topics in dangerous environments.[4]

Early life and education

Navai was born in

Islamic Revolution in 1979, she and her family immigrated to the United Kingdom, where they settled down in London.[5] Navai attended Putney High School and later graduated with a postgraduate degree in journalism from City, University of London, where she was recognized as Young Journalist of the Year by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council.[6] In 2023, she was voted Alumna of the Year of the Girls' Day School Trust for her work with "women’s and girls’ issues in some of the most war-torn and conflicted regions in the world" over the course of her career.[7]

Career

Navai worked as the Tehran correspondent for

The Foreign Press Association London for News Story of the Year: TV award,[19] the Royal Television Society for The Independent Award.[20]

More recently she has reported on the activities of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (2017)[21] and United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2018).[22] She has written for many publications, including The Times,[23][24] The Sunday Times,[25] The Guardian,[26][27] The Independent,[28][29] the New Statesman,[30][31] and The Irish Times.[32]

In 2012, she won an Emmy Award[33][34] for her undercover report from Syria for PBS Frontline.[35] In September 2014, she appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.[36]

In 2017, she reported and produced the Frontline PBS documentary Iraq Uncovered,[37] which was also broadcast on Channel 4 with the title ISIS and the Battle for Iraq.[38] Iraq Uncovered/ISIS and the Battle for Iraq won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award (International Television), the British Journalism Award for Foreign Affairs Journalism,[39] and the Frontline Club award for Broadcast Journalism.[40] It was also nominated for two Emmys (Outstanding Investigation and Outstanding Research).[41]

In 2017 and 2018, she produced and reported the Frontline PBS, Channel 4, and ARTE documentary the UN Sex Abuse Scandal,[42] which was broadcast in 2018.

City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran

Weidenfeld and Nicolson in May 2014 and in the US by PublicAffairs in September 2014. Based on extensive interviews and research City of Lies is an intimate portrait of modern Iran. It chronicles the lives of eight protagonists drawn from across the spectrum of Iranian society. It has been translated into five languages.[43] City of Lies won Debut Political Book of the Year Award at the Political Book Awards[44] as well as the Royal Society of Literature's Jerwood Award.[45] It was a Book of the Year in both the Evening Standard (2014)[46] and The Spectator.[47]

Reception

Jon Stewart, The Daily Show:

The stories are beautiful, and they’re so well-detailed and nuanced.[48]

Anthony Loyd:

One of the world’s most exciting cities, as revealed by one of journalism’s most exciting women. Navai slips effortlessly into the boots of earthy, urban writer to tour Tehran’s ripped backsides in this intimate, grand guignol debut. She transports us through the Iranian capital’s multiple personas with deft and knowing navigation: never short of love for even the lowliest of her fellow Tehranis. An intimate and devoted portrait, lifting a beautiful truth from a city masked in lies.[49]

Eliza Griswold, The Sunday Telegraph:

A talented writer, she quickly sucks us in with her first character ... Navai has a reporter’s eye for the telling detail… this is a timely and beautifully written insight into the lives of Tehranis.[50]

Documentaries

Year Title Notes
2022 Afghanistan Undercover
Frontline
PBS;
2018 The UN Sex Abuse Scandal
Frontline PBS; Dispatches, Channel 4; ARTE

Awards: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Journalism Award, Television - International[51]

2017 ISIS and the Battle for Iraq Dispatches, Channel 4

Awards: British Journalism Awards: Foreign Affairs Journalism, and The Frontline Club: Broadcast Journalism Award

Nominations: Rory Peck Trust: Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs,[52] and One World Media: Television Documentary Award[53]

2017 Iraq: Uncovered
Frontline
, PBS

Awards: The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for International Television

Nominated: Emmy Award: Outstanding Investigation, and Outstanding Research

2012 Egypt: Sex Mobs and Revolution Nominated: Foreign Press Association Award (2014), One World Media Award (2013)
2012 Honduras and Mexico: The Lost Girls
2011 Undercover Syria Awards:
News & Documentary Emmy Award (2012) Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine, Nomination: One World Media Award in the Television category Archived 10 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
(2012)
2011 Breaking into Israel Nomination: FrenchAmerican Foundation Immigration Journalism Award (2012)
2011 Burundi: Boys Behind Bars Shortlisted: One World Media Award (2012)
2010 Zimbabwe's Blood Diamonds
2010 Afghanistan's Child Drug Addicts
2010 El Salvador: The Child Assassins
2010 USA: Down and Out
2009 Sudan: How to Fuel a Famine
2009 Peru: Blood and Oil
2009 Papua New Guinea: Bush Knives and Black Magic
2009 Turkey: Killing for Honour
2008 Nigeria: Child Brides, Stolen Lives
2008 South Africa: Body Parts for Sale
2008 Bangladesh: The Drowning Country
2007 India: The Broken People Nomination: Amnesty International Gaby Rado Award for Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year (2009)
2007 China: Chongqing: Invisible city
2006 Guatemala: City of the Dead
2006 Malaysia: Asia's Slaves

Awards and nominations

Year Nominated Work Category Result
2003 Broadcast Journalism Training Council: Young Journalist of the Year Won
2008 South Africa: Body Parts for Sale Amnesty Media Awards: Gaby Rado Young Human Rights Journalist Nominated
2008 India's Trafficked Girls Amnesty Media Awards: Gaby Rado Young Human Rights Journalist Nominated
One World Media: Children's Rights Award Nominated
2009 Brazil: Murder in São Paulo (2008) Amnesty Media Awards: Gaby Rado Young Human Rights Journalist Nominated
2009 India: The Broken People (2007) Amnesty International Gaby Rado Award for Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year (2009) Nominated
2012 Burundi: Boys Behind Bars (2011) One World Media Award Shortlisted
2012 Breaking into Israel (2011) French-American Foundation Immigration Journalism Award Nominated
2012 Undercover Syria (2011) News & Documentary Emmy Award, Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine Won
2012 One World Media Award in the Television Category Nominated
2012 City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award Won
2014 Egypt: Sex Mobs and Revolution (2012) One World Media Nominated
2013 Foreign Press Association Award Nominated
2015 City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran Debut Political Book of the Year Won
2015 Macedonia: tracking down the refugee kidnap gangs Foreign Press Association in London: News Story of the Year: TV Won
Amnesty Media Awards: TV News Shortlisted
Royal Television Society: The Independent Award Won
2018 Iraq Uncovered (Frontline PBS) The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for International Television Won
Emmy Award: Outstanding Investigation Nominated
Emmy Award: Outstanding Research Nominated
2018 ISIS and the Battle for Iraq (Dispatches, Channel 4) British Journalism Awards: Foreign Affairs Journalism Won
The Frontline Club: Broadcast Journalism Award Won
Rory Peck Trust: Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs Nominated
One World Media: Television Documentary Award Nominated
2019 UN Sex Abuse Scandal (Frontline, PBS) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Journalism Award, Television - International Won
2023 Alumna of the Year, Girls' Day School Trust Won

Books

See also

References

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