Deeyah Khan
| Deeyah Khan دیا خان |
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| Born |
August 7, 1977 Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation |
Film director Founder & CEO of Fuuse Music producer |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Known for | Banaz a Love Story |
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| Website | www |
Deeyah Khan (Urdu: دیا خان, pronounced [d̪iːaːˈxaːn], born 7 August 1977 in Oslo, Norway), is a Norwegian film director and human rights defender of Punjabi/Pashtun descent.
She is the founder and CEO of production company Fuuse, which specializes in documentary films, digital media platforms and content for television broadcasters and live events. Her debut film as director and producer, Banaz A Love Story (2012), won a Peabody and Emmy awards, and was nominated for British Royal Television Society as Best Current Affairs Documentary. Her second documentary, Jihad: A Story of the Others, received BAFTA, Grierson and Monte-Carlo Television Festival nominations for best current affairs documentary. She is also the founder and editor-in-chief of Sister-hood Magazine which spotlights the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage and is among her most personal Fuuse productions.
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