Awards
Over a decade of reporting from the world's most dangerous and underreported places has earned Nawal some of the most prestigious honours in international journalism. Her work has been recognised with multiple Emmy Awards — including for Outstanding Investigative News Coverage — an RTS Award for International Coverage of the Year, an RTS Award for Best Young Journalist, a Gracie Award for Best Hard News Report, the ICRC Golden Nymph Award, the Foreign Press Association's Best Story of the Year, and the UN's Leo Navas Award, amongst many others.
Haiti: The Worst Place in the World to be a Woman
takes an unflinching look at the violence and exploitation faced by women in one of the world's most volatile crisis zones. The film was recognised with
Winner: 2026 Gracie Award for Best Hard News Report
Nominee: 2026 Amnesty Best Hard News Report
Yemen’s Covid Cover-up
When covid hit Yemen, the world wasn't watching. This investigation uncovered how the scale of the outbreak was deliberately hidden from the international community, denying aid to some of the most vulnerable people on earth. Recognised with:
2021 Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative News Coverage — Long Form
2021 Golden Nymph Award for Best Investigative Film
Iraqs secret sex trade
In this 52-minute undercover investigation, Nawal exposes a secret world of sexual exploitation in Iraq, where some Shia clerics are using the controversial practice of "pleasure marriage" to groom and traffic vulnerable women and girls. The film's impact reached the highest levels of religious authority — prompting Grand Ayatollah Sistani to issue a changed ruling on the practice.
Emmy Award — Outstanding Investigative News Coverage (Long Form)
Emmy Award — Outstanding Investigative News Coverage (Long Form)
Gracie Award — Best Investigative Documentary
RTS Nomination — Scoop of the Year
Grierson Nomination — Best Current Affairs Documentary