LONDON: Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda has won an Emmy Award despite a lobbying campaign that sought to have her nomination rescinded.

Owda was awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Hard News Feature: Short Form for her ongoing project, 鈥淚t鈥檚 Bisan from Gaza and I鈥檓 Still Alive.鈥�

鈥淭his award is testimony to the power of one woman, armed only with an iPhone, who survived almost a year of bombardment,鈥� said senior executive producer Jon Laurence, who accepted the award on Owda鈥檚 behalf as she remains trapped in Gaza.

Produced with AJ+, the feature chronicles Owda鈥檚 experience as her family fled the bombardment of their home in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip.

The announcement came shortly after the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) determined that there were no grounds for rescinding her nomination.

This decision followed accusations from Jewish nonprofit Creative Community for Peace, which claimed Owda had ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a US-designated terrorist organization.

NATAS stated that documented links between Owda and the PFLP occurred 鈥渂etween six and nine years ago鈥� when Owda was still a teenager. It added that it was 鈥渦nable to corroborate鈥� claims of more recent connections and had found no 鈥渆vidence of contemporary or active involvement鈥� with the PFLP.

鈥淭he content submitted for award consideration was consistent with competition rules and NATAS policies. Accordingly, NATAS has found no grounds, to date, upon which to overturn the editorial judgment of the independent journalists who reviewed the material,鈥� the group also said.

The 25-year-old filmmaker gained social media fame following Israel鈥檚 military actions in Gaza, after she began documenting life under the siege, which has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians since Oct. 7.

With 4.7 million Instagram followers and nearly 200,000 TikTok followers, Owda has spent the last year chronicling the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Her reports highlight the blockade on essential supplies, the spread of diseases, and the forced displacement of Palestinians, including her own experience.

鈥淚t鈥檚 Bisan from Gaza and I鈥檓 Still Alive鈥� also won the Peabody Award in the news category earlier this year.