Shrouq Aila

About The Author

Shrouq Aila is an award-winning Palestinian journalist and producer. She is the director of the Ain Media agency, which she took over after the killing of her husband Roshdi Sarraj, co-founder of the agency, during the war in Gaza. In 2024, she was awarded the CPJ International Press Freedom Award, and in 2025, the News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Video Journalism for the documentary A Hidden War. Shrouq lives in the Gaza Strip, where she continues to bear witness to the genocide and its tragic impact on the Palestinian people.

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Books by Shrouq Aila

They Killed Habibi

By Shrouq Aila

Foreword by Maaza Mengiste

A book that takes us into the heart of darkness of our world and teaches us what it means to love.

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