Film Gallery
2026
Putin's Foreign Fighters - 52’
Young men from Yemen and Syria were promised prosperity. Instead, they were sent to die on the frontlines of Ukraine. In this BBC Eye investigation, Nawal dismantles one of Russia's most covert operations — exposing the recruitment networks preying on the desperate and the forgotten.
10 Minutes: Lebanons Black Wednesday
In just ten minutes on 8 April, Israel struck nearly 100 targets across Lebanon, killing 361 people and injuring over a thousand. In this investigation, Nawal pieces together the devastating events of the deadliest day of the war — on the ground in the neighbourhoods that bore the heaviest cost.
Target Tehran
For a month, bombs have been falling on Iran's capital. In this investigation, Nawal gains rare access inside Tehran - using satellite maps, social media evidence and on-the-ground interviews to reveal what is really being targeted, and what it means for the civilians caught in the crossfire.
2025
Haiti: “The worst place in the world to be a woman”
Haiti, a poor Caribbean country, which usually appears on the international radar when it experiences a natural disaster. But the chaos unfolding there at the moment is of the man-made variety as gangs have taken control of most of the capital, Port au Prince. The police are outnumbered and outgunned and government authority has all but collapsed. Cuts to US aid are compounding the Haiti crisis, leaving people trapped in a daily struggle for survival.
Through a Child's Eyes: Sudan's War
Two years of civil war have left Sudan in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises — and its children have paid the heaviest price. Nawal makes a rare journey into Khartoum, recently liberated from the RSF, to meet three children whose stories have until now gone unheard.
Inside the City Ruled by 100 Gangs
Port-au-Prince is collapsing, its streets carved up by gangs. The UN mission sent to restore order has arrived badly undermanned and underfunded. Nawal embeds with the Kenyan forces on the ground — then goes inside gang territory to see for herself.
Lebanon’s Deadliest Attack
When an Israeli airstrike brought down an apartment block in the village of Ain El Delb, 73 people were killed. In this 28-minute BBC Eye investigation, Nawal travels to the village — reconstructing the building floor by floor to find out who was inside, and whether the IDF's claim that it was a Hezbollah command centre holds up.
2024 and Earlier
American Mercenaries Killing in Yemen
In this 42-minute BBC Arabic investigation, Nawal secures the first on-camera interviews with US mercenaries from Spear Operations Group, hired by the UAE to carry out targeted killings in Yemen. What emerges is more alarming than assassination — evidence that they also trained Emirati officers in killing techniques later used to eliminate civilian political enemies. The targeted killings continue to this day.
Murder in Mayfair
In 2008, 23-year-old Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen was raped and murdered in London. The prime suspect fled to Yemen and has never faced trial. In this 60-minute BBC documentary, Nawal spends 15 years on the case — using her shared Yemeni heritage to do what no other journalist has managed: track down Farouk Abdulhak and get him to break his silence. You can watch this film on Apple TV or BBC Iplayer
Yemen: Coronavirus in a War Zone
When Covid-19 hit Yemen, it struck a country already on its knees. Nawal investigates how a collapsing health system and warring authorities on both sides of a divided nation left their people defenceless — in the north, a government in denial; in the south, a Covid ward lost to political infighting.
Iraq’s Secret Sex Trade
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.