Sanna Irshad Mattoo, a Kashmir-based Pulitzer-winning photojournalist, has been in the news because she was denied to travel the USA, know her religion and husband
A Pulitzer-winning photojournalist from the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir made headlines lately after claiming that immigration officials at the Delhi airport prevented her from visiting the US.
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Sanna Irshad Mattoo is a Kashmir-based photojournalist. She is known to take anti-India stand on international fora.
In '2021 Photography and Social Justice Fellows' by Magnum Foundation she declared herself as 'Kashmiri' and not 'Indian'. pic.twitter.com/2qSQ9aboXH
— Anti Propaganda Front (@APF_Ind) October 19, 2022
Pulitzer winner Photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo said that she was stopped from flying to the USA for no reason.
But, what she won't tell you that according to her:
1. Kashmir is not part of India, but occupied by India.
2. Terrorist Maqbool Bhat is father of the nation. pic.twitter.com/yb63DDjBvd
— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) October 19, 2022
Sanna Irshad Mattoo was on her route to the award ceremony after receiving the Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on the Covid-19 outbreak. However, she said that she was stopped despite having a valid ticket and visa.
Although the Indian government has not yet provided an explanation for why she was stopped, police authorities in Jammu and Kashmir were cited by the news agency PTI as claiming that she had been added to a no-fly list.
According to Mattoo, this was the second occurrence of this kind in the previous four months. The journalist told the BBC that when she questioned officials about why she hadn’t been permitted to fly, they didn’t respond with an explanation.
Since then, she has been in the news with many people trying to find out more about her. So, hereโs what we know about her:
Who Is Sanna Irshad Mattoo?
Sanna Irshad Mattoo is a well-known photojournalist from the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. She has been in the news because she recently claimed that she denied going to the USA to receive her Pulitzer award which she recently won.
She was born in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar district. She attended Kashmir’s Central University to study Convergent journalism. The 28 year old was born in 1994 with her unmarried and a Muslim by religion.
Her Career
Sanna Irshad Mattooย accepted a fellowship in photography and social justice with the Magnum Foundation in 2021. She is employed with Reuters.
Before she joined Reuters, Mattoo’s writings appeared in several national and international media, including Al Jazeera, The Nation, TIME, TRT World, South China Morning Post, and Caravan Magazine. According to reports, she has also written for the California-based ZUMA press agency.
Sanna Irshad Mattooย received the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2022. The prize was bestowed upon her for her coverage of the COVID-19 crisis in India. She was on her route to New York this time to accept the Pulitzer Prize. However, authorities denied her visa and said that she had been added to a no-fly list.