Hind Khoudary Explained

Hind Khoudary
Native Name:هند خضري
Birth Place:Gaza
Nationality:Palestinian
Occupation:Journalist

Hind Osama Al-Khoudary (Arabic: هند خضري) is a Palestinian journalist based in the Gaza Strip.[1] She has been reporting for Al Jazeera English since October 7, 2023.

Early life

Khoudary was born to Usama and Marwa el-Khoudary.[2] She has eight brothers. She is distantly related to the businessman Jawdat N. Khoudary, who owns the Al Mat'haf museum. She graduated from the American International School in Gaza in 2008.

Career

Khoudary has written for Middle East Eye,[3] Anadolu Agency,[4] and +972 Magazine[5] and worked for RT.[6] Her posts on Twitter and Instagram have been cited by The New York Times,[7] NPR,[8] and Utusan Malaysia.[9]

In March 2019, Khoudary worked for Amnesty International on a freelance basis, during which she provided footage of the Great March of Return protests and reported on Hamas violations against protesters.[10] [11] [12] Khoudary has been reporting for Al Jazeera English since October 7, 2023.[13]

Online presence

2020 Facebook post

In 2020, Khoudary made a Facebook post about a joint Palestinian and Israeli Zoom call hosted by the Gaza Youth Committee in which she tagged Hamas officials. As a result, six members of the group, including founder Rami Aman, were arrested and charged with "normalization".[14] Khoudary denied that she had intended for the members to be arrested when she posted about the event, and said she did not support Hamas, but also said she did not oppose Aman's arrest and had tagged the officials "as a protest against normalization activities".[15] Spokesman for Gaza's Interior Ministry, Iyad al-Bozm, also made a statement that Khoudary's post had not tipped off Hamas to the event.

In response to Khoudary's post, Peter Bouckaert, a former Human Rights Watch official, removed Khoudary from a Facebook journalism group which he moderated.

2023-2024 Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

Khoudary has posted on Twitter and Instagram about Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.[16] In the last five days of October 2023, Khoudary gained 273,000 Instagram followers.

Personal life

Khoudary is married.

Khoudary lived in Turkey for four years during the COVID-19 pandemic. She returned to Gaza in August 2023.

See also

References

  1. Web site: Abbruzzese . Jason . Ingram . David . Salam . Yasmine . 3 November 2023 . On Instagram, Palestinian journalists and digital creators documenting Gaza strikes see surge in followers . 7 November 2023 . NBC News . en.
  2. Web site: Khoudary . Hind . Gaza Airport: The legacy of a Palestinian dream . 7 November 2023 . Al Jazeera . en.
  3. Web site: Hind Khoudary . 7 November 2023 . Middle East Eye . en.
  4. Web site: Al-Hlou . Yousur . The War in Gaza Is Also Unfolding on Instagram . New York Times . 19 November 2023.
  5. Web site: Khoudary . Hind . 6 June 2019 . 'To sing is not a right in the Gaza Strip' . 7 November 2023 . +972 Magazine . en-US.
  6. To Be a Palestinian Journalist in Gaza Is to Be Always Under Threat. Hamza. Saftawi. Miriam. Berger. 27 April 2018. www.thenation.com.
  7. News: Abdulrahim . Raja . 28 October 2023 . 'You Think of Dying at Any Time' . en-US . The New York Times . 7 November 2023 . 0362-4331.
  8. Web site: Fadel . Leila . Rezvani . Arezou . Majd . Al-Waheidi . Kravinsky . Nina . 30 October 2023 . Gaza was in a near total blackout as Israel expanded its ground and air campaign . NPR.
  9. Web site: 4 November 2023 . Gaza terkini: Tentera Israel sasar panel solar yang menjadi satu-satunya sumber elektrik di Gaza . 7 November 2023 . Utusan Malaysia . ms-MY.
  10. Web site: Abu Toameh . Khaled . Lazaroff . Tovah . 13 April 2020 . Palestinian journalist: I wasn't the reason Hamas arrested peace activist . 7 November 2023 . The Jerusalem Post . en-US.
  11. Web site: 18 March 2019 . Hamas must end brutal crackdown against protesters in Gaza . 7 November 2023 . Amnesty International . en.
  12. Web site: 19 March 2019 . MEE's Gaza reporter interrogated for hours by Hamas officials . 7 November 2023 . Middle East Eye . en.
  13. Web site: Piper . Dannielle . Srivastava . Vinita . 2024-04-18 . The chilling effects of trying to report on the Israel-Gaza war . 2024-06-17 . The Conversation . en-US.
  14. News: AFP . 14 April 2020 . Gaza arrests for Zoom chat with Israelis spark 'normalization' row . en . Ynetnews . 7 November 2023.
  15. Web site: Kerstein . Benjamin . 14 April 2020 . Ex-Amnesty Employee Denies Responsibility for Arrest of Gaza Peace Activist by Hamas for Zoom Meeting With Israelis - Algemeiner.com . 7 November 2023 . en-US.
  16. Web site: Shouk . Ali Al . 26 October 2023 . 'We are documenting war crimes': Citizen journalists capture reality of Gaza Strip . 7 November 2023 . The National . en.

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