Dina Amer

Dina Amer is an awardwinning filmmaker and journalist She helped produce the Oscar nominated and Emmy awardwinning documentary The Square where the Egyptian Revolution was chronicled from the frontlines Growing up between the US and Egypt her work has focused on sharing nuanced human stories with a global audience Previous to her film work Dina was a celebrated journalist She was an onair correspondent for VICE including The Black Market Series where she uncovered the human trafficking of Syrian refugees and explored the underground economy of illegal EgyptGaza tunnels Her written work has been published in The New York Times CNN and the Huffington Post