Sara Manisera

Sara Manisera is a journalist, author and director.

She won the 2018 Golden Dove for Peace, the 2019 True Story Award.[1] and the 2024 European Press Prize.[2]

Life

She graduated from Saint Joseph University of Beirut.[3]

She co-founded FADA collective.[4] She was writer in residence at the University of St. Andrews.[5] She was a Bertha Challenge Investigative Journalist Fellow.[6]

Her work appeared in New Lines Magazine.[7]

She appeared at the Voices Festival.[8] She appeared at the 2018 International Journalism Festival.[9]

Filmography

  • The Price We Pay (Greenpeace, 2025) [10]
  • ‘La Terra mi tiene’ (The Earth holds me, Fada Collective, 2022)
  • ‘Iraq: Youth on the frontline’ (Arte, 2019).

References

  1. ↑ "Sara Manisera | Journalismfund Europe". www.journalismfund.eu. Retrieved 2026-05-17.
  2. ↑ "Sara Manisera". European Press Prize. Retrieved 2026-05-17.
  3. ↑ "Sara Manisera - AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
  4. ↑ "About". FADA collective. Retrieved 2026-05-17.
  5. ↑ "Sara Manisera and Arianna Pagani". Writers and Translators in Residence at the School of Modern Languages. 2024-03-05. Retrieved 2026-05-17.
  6. ↑ "Sara Manisera: the challenges of investigative journalism". OBCT. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
  7. ↑ "Sara Manisera". New Lines Magazine. 2025-12-10. Retrieved 2026-05-17.
  8. ↑ "Sara Manisera - Cinema director - Voices festival Florence 2026". Voices festival. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
  9. ↑ "Sara Manisera". Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
  10. ↑ Redazione (2026-03-24). "I tutor. Sara Manisera". Premio Roberto Morrione per il giornalismo investigativo (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-08-09.