Safa Abdulsalam Karman is a Yemeni journalist who works in First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera Media Network based in Doha, Qatar.
Education
Safa Karman graduated from Arwa High School in 2003. She got her Law and Sharia bachelor"s degree from San"a University (2004–2009). She also had several professional training courses from First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Jazeera training & development center and a certificate in Film-Making in Hi-Definition from New York Film Academy.
She graduated from the prestigious Yemen-American Language Institute ( YALI ) in 2005.
Safa speaks Arabic as her native language and fluent English as well.
Career
Safa is best known for her highly acclaimed investigative documentary "the Road to Sana’a" which was aired on First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera Arabic and First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera English. The film examined who paved the way for the Houthi Militias to take over the Yemeni capital, Sana’a. Safa is also known for her short series of reports " Yemen, the Land and the People", her coverage of the Egyptian elections in 2012, and her reporting on the Arab Spring especially Yemen"s 2011 revolution.
Safa Karman is the first Yemeni female journalist to join First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera and the youngest to be given top news coverage by the time.
Before joining First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera in October 2010, Safa worked for two years as an English teacher at one of Yemen’s top English Institutes, Exceed Language Center. She earned her bachelor"s degree in Law and Sharia Law from Sana"a University in 2009.
Safa began her journey by volunteering with different Non-governmental organizations and organizing social and political debates between Yemenis themselves and Yemenis with international visitors. As a law student, she was elected Vice President of the Legal and Constitutional Committee in the Youth Shura Council, a parallel body to the Upper House, and a project of the Democracy House.
Safa also worked as an English teacher and supervisor for 2 years ( 2008–2010 ) before she leaves for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera Network in Doha, Qatar.