Deeyah Khan
Filmmaker | Confronting Extremism & Promoting Diversity
About
Deeyah Khan is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning documentary filmmaker known for her powerful films exploring issues of extremism, human rights, and social justice. Her TED talk, 'Murder in my Family', has reached over 1.
5 million views. As the founder of Fuuse, a media company amplifying underrepresented voices, Deeyah has given a platform to former extremists and survivors of honor killings.
Her keynotes inspire audiences to counter intolerance and build a more inclusive world.
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What we don't know about Europe's Muslim kids
As the child of an Afghan mother and Pakistani father raised in Norway, Deeyah Khan knows what it's like to be a young person stuck between your community and your country. In this powerful, emotional talk, the filmmaker unearths the rejection and isolation felt by many Muslim kids growing up in the West -- and the deadly consequences of not embracing our youth before extremist groups do.
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