Jehan is an Egyptian-American TV journalist and filmmaker. Her media work, including TV network news production, multimedia producing, university teaching, broadcasting, freelance writing, and filmmaking, spans America, Europe and the Middle East.
She’s a 2009 CPB/PBS Producers Academy fellow at WGBH in Boston. Jehan also won national awards, including Link TV/One Nation Many Voices award for best documentary on American-Muslim women, the prestigious Writers Guild of America-East’s John Marriman Award in New York, and the Christopher’s Making a Difference Award.
Jehan earned her M.A. in International Broadcast Journalism & Public Affairs from American University in Washington, DC. She is a graduate of the American University in Cairo, Egypt, where she was a journalist and radio broadcaster. Jehan was born in Kuwait.
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