Ramita Navai
Ramita Navai | |
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رامیتا نوایی | |
Navai at the University of Birmingham, 2012 | |
| Born | 21 July 1973 Tehran, Iran |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | City, University of London |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
| Notable work | City of Lies (2014) |
| Television | Unreported World |
Ramita Navai (Persian: رامیتا نوایی; born 21 July 1973) is a British journalist, documentary maker, and author. She is known for her investigative human rights reporting in dangerous environments and has reported from over 40 countries.
Navai has won many awards, including two Emmy Awards, two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards, and two Royal Television Society Awards, as well as literary awards, including the Debut Political Book of the Year Award for City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran.
Navai appeared as herself in a scene with Mandy Patinkin in the TV series Homeland. She has been a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and has been interviewed about her life and work by Terry Gross for NPR’s Fresh Air.
She is the creator and host of The Line of Fire, a Top 10 Apple podcast about the moment of facing death.