Lina Attalah Accepts the 2020 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award

In her remarks, Lina Attalah highlights a politically stifling environment in Egypt where citizens’ ability to desire and imagine is being systematically fought. "However," she said, "we still find a reason to bear witness in these dark times."
Attalah is the recipient of the 2020 Knight International Journalism Award presented by the International Center for Journalists to honor outstanding journalism that has an impact. She is the co-founder and chief editor of Mada Masr, an online news organization at the forefront of investigative journalism in Egypt. She leads a team of fearless reporters who expose high-level corruption and misconduct in the midst of the country’s harsh crackdown on independent voices. In September 2020, Attalah was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people.