Journalists as military targets: the price of documenting Israel's crimes in the genocide in Gaza
An essential conversation with two of Al Jazeera’s leading voices in Gaza, Youmna El Sayed and Wael Al Dahdouh, who have risked their lives to report from the heart of the genocide. They will discuss the role of journalism in times of genocide, censorship, and the human cost of keeping truth alive under the bombs.
Speakers
Youmna El Sayed
Al Jazeera journalist from Gaza, exiled in Egypt since 2024
She has spent over a decade reporting from Gaza for Al Jazeera English. During the most devastating months of the recent genocide, she reported under bombs and threats until she was forced into exile. From Cairo, she continues to amplify silenced voices and defend the right to report. In 2025, she received the Maria Grazia Cutuli International Journalism Award and the Eleonora Pimentel Fonseca Civil Journalism Award.
Wael Al Dahdouh
Head of Al Jazeera’s Gaza Bureau
Palestinian journalist with Al Jazeera since 2004, recognised across the Arab world for his professionalism and integrity. He has covered every major offensive in the Gaza Strip and leads the network’s field reporting. In 2023–2024, he continued reporting despite being injured and losing several family members in an airstrike.
Olga Rodríguez Francisco
Journalist and former correspondent in the Mashrek
Spanish journalist and former correspondent specializing in international news and human rights in the Mashreq region. She has covered some of the most significant news events of this century in the region, including the invasion of Iraq and the murder of cameraman José Couso, the Second Palestinian Intifada, the Arab Spring uprisings, and the Afghan, Iraqi, and Syrian refugee crises. She is a co-founder of ElDiario.es.
How to arrive
- Metro
- L4 Jaume I - L1 / L4 Urquinaona
- Bus
- V15, 47, 120, H16