Shakeeb Asrar
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Shakeeb Asrar is an assistant professor in residence in the Journalism and Strategic Communication Program. He has worked as a journalist and documentary filmmaker for several years, primarily at Al Jazeera English, focusing on interactive and multimedia stories for AJ’s digital platforms.
Shakeeb has received journalism and filmmaking grants from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (New York Chapter), the South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA), and the Pulitzer Center. His short documentaries have been screened at various film festivals, including DOC NYC, Tasveer Film Festival, and International Social Change Fest, and have been awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in 2023.
Shakeeb’s work focuses on stories from or about the Global South, with an emphasis on challenging the skewed portrayals of the region in global media.
Before joining Northwestern Qatar, he worked in New York at Alex Gibney’s award-winning film company, Jigsaw Productions, helping to produce an upcoming feature film by Paramount about the war in Afghanistan.
Shakeeb holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University in Qatar and a master’s degree in documentary filmmaking from Columbia University.
