Sara Obeidat

Producer, Director

Sara Obeidat is an award-winning investigative journalist, producer and director. Over the last few years, she has investigated and produced several programs for FRONTLINE (PBS) and the BBC, mostly in the Middle East, United States and Europe. Some of Sara's recent work includes producing the BAFTA award-winning documentary and multi-award winning podcast The Shamima Begum Story, Louis Theroux’s The Settlers, as well as the BBC's The Other War, set in the West Bank in the aftermath of the attack on Oct. 7, 2023. She also produced the Emmy-winning film Yemen’s Covid Cover-Up, which investigated the Houthi authorities’ mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis amidst crippling aid cuts that had weakened Yemen’s health system, and a duPont Columbia Award-nominated investigation that focused on Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Twitter:

@saraobeidat

Email:

FrontlineEditors@wgbh.org

Languages Spoken:

Arabic

Location:

London, UK

1h 24m
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Syria's Detainee Files
FRONTLINE investigates the Assad regime’s arrest, torture and execution of detainees during the Syrian war.
June 10, 2025
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Yemen’s COVID Cover-Up
How the coronavirus pandemic has deepened Yemen's humanitarian crisis.
February 9, 2021
1h 54m
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The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
FRONTLINE investigates the rise of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, his vision for the future, his handling of dissent, and the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
October 1, 2019
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Notes From An Invisible War
FRONTLINE filmmaker Martin Smith witnesses chaos and suffering on a rare trip to Yemen – a closer look inside a largely invisible war.
October 26, 2017
15m
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Inside Yemen
An up-close look at how Yemen’s humanitarian crisis was worsened by a brutal war.
October 18, 2017
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The Fight Against the Pakistani Taliban: What Are the Costs?
Local police and a paramilitary force have joined the army in the fight against the Taliban in Pakistan. Is the strategy working?
November 17, 2015
US Immigration Battle
America's Immigration Battle By the Numbers
The U.S. has deported an average of 403,500 people each year during the Obama administration. What else do the numbers say about the nation's immigration system?
October 21, 2015
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Muammar Qaddafi and Libya's Legacy of Terrorism
Attacks that the former Libyan leader is thought to have supported either directly or indirectly spanned more than two decades, multiple nations, and killed or injured countless innocent lives.
October 13, 2015
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California Governor Signs Bill To Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide
California has become the largest state in the nation to legalize the controversial practice of physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.
October 5, 2015
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Military Overlooked Sexual Abuse by Afghan Allies, Investigation Says
A new investigation by The New York Times finds that U.S. soldiers were told not to intervene in cases of sexual abuse of young boys by Afghan allies.
September 21, 2015
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Female Farm Workers Awarded $17 Million in Florida Abuse Case
The jury award is among the largest on record in a case involving the sexual abuse of one of the most invisible members of the U.S. workforce -- migrant workers in the agriculture industry.
September 15, 2015
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Justice Department Signals a Shift in its Policing of Wall Street
In a memo to federal prosecutors, the department says it is putting a new emphasis on prosecuting individuals for corporate wrongdoing, instead of just the companies they work for.
September 10, 2015