Shireen Abu Akleh

Shireen Abu Akleh is, to me, one of the most important figures this database holds. Twenty-five years reporting for Al Jazeera, then killed in a blue press vest while covering Jenin in 2022, she became a symbol of the price journalists pay to bring us the truth. What moves me is not the tragedy alone but the quiet consistency of her career: showing up, day after day, to document a story the world preferred to look away from. I admire reporters like her far more than any celebrity. Her name endures across the Arab world for good reason, and it should endure here too.

Name (English)

Shireen Abu Akleh

Name (Japanese)

シェリーヌ・アブー・アクレ

Reading

しぇりーぬ・あぶー・あくれ

Born

April 3, 1971 – May 11, 2022

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Boar

Origin

Jerusalem, Quds Governorate, Kingdom of Judah

Occupation

journalist / reporter / television journalist

University

Yarmouk University

Awards & achievements

• 2022 Order of Jerusalem
• 2022 Order of Independence
• 2023 Courage in Journalism Award
• 2003 Order of Courage

• Xhttps://x.com/ShireenNasri
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shireen%20Abu%20Akleh
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%96%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12219365

Tags

• Quds Governorate
• journalist
• reporter
• television journalist

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.