Jehan Harney

Jehan S. Harney is an award-winning Egyptian-American TV journalist and filmmaker. Jehan is expert on the changing landscape of Egypt, as well as Arab-American issues and Islam in America.

Jehan's films explore Interfaith, cultural, and human rights issues. Her latest feature film, The Lost Dream, about the ongoing Iraqi refugee crisis as a consequence of war airs nationally on the World Channel's Global Voices series in Fall of 2013. The Colors of Veil, won the LinkTV/One Nation Many Voices award for best documentary on American Muslim women. Jehan has also worked in TV news, including at NBC and ABC affiliates, and covered Iranian issues for WashingtonTV. She has earned the Writers Guild of America-East’s John Merriman Award. She has an MA in International Journalism & Public Affairs from American University in Washington, DC., and BA in journalism from the American University in Cairo. Jehan was born in Kuwait.

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