Deeyah Khan

Deeyah Khan was born on Aug 07, 1977 in Norway. Deeyah Khan's big-screen debut came with America's War on Abortion directed by Deeyah Khan in 2020. Deeyah Khan is known for America's War on Abortion directed by Deeyah Khan, Deeyah Khan stars as and as . Deeyah Khan has got 9 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Deeyah Khan achieved is BAFTA Awards. The upcoming new movie Deeyah Khan plays is America's War on Abortion which will be released on Oct 29, 2020.

Deeyah Khan is an Emmy, BAFTA and Peabody award-winning documentary film director and producer best known for Banaz: A Love Story (2012), Jihad: A Story of the Others (2015) and White Right: Meeting the Enemy (2017).Born in Norway to immigrant parents of Pashtun and Punjabi ancestry, Deeyah's experience of living between different cultures, both the beauty and the challenges, shapes her artistic vision. Her 2012 multi-award winning documentary Banaz: A Love Story chronicles the life and death of Banaz Mahmod, a young British Kurdish woman murdered by her family in a so-called honor killing. Deeyah's second film, the Grierson and Bafta award-nominated Jihad, involved two years of interviews and filming with Islamic extremists, convicted terrorists and former jihadists. In her most recent Bafta-nominated film, White Right: Meeting the Enemy Deeyah sat down face-to-face with US Neo-Nazis and white nationalists.In 2016, she became the first UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for artistic freedom and creativity. Deeyah is also the founder of sister-hood, a digital magazine spotlighting the voices of women of Muslim heritageShe has been described by The Times of London thus: "To say Deeyah Khan is an inspiration is an understatement. She is one of the bravest, most indomitable women... facing down bullies and extremists with intelligence and unflinching spirit."