{"id":696,"date":"2018-03-19T15:55:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T15:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/storytellers\/?page_id=696"},"modified":"2018-03-19T16:05:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T16:05:24","slug":"assia-boundaoui","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/storytellers\/past-years\/2018-storytellers-applications\/visiting-fellows\/assia-boundaoui\/","title":{"rendered":"Assia Boundaoui"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/storytellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-Institute-ABoundaoui-Headshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-683 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/storytellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-Institute-ABoundaoui-Headshot-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/storytellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-Institute-ABoundaoui-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/storytellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-Institute-ABoundaoui-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/storytellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-Institute-ABoundaoui-Headshot-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/storytellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-Institute-ABoundaoui-Headshot.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Assia Boundaoui is an Algerian-American journalist and filmmaker based in Chicago. She has reported for the BBC, NPR, AlJazeera, VICE, CNN and was the recipient of a first place Mark of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Assia has worked in an editorial capacity on the production of a number of documentary films, including HBO Documentary Films&#8217;\u00a0<em>Manhunt<\/em> (2013) which was awarded an Emmy. Assia has a Masters degree in journalism from New York University and is fluent in Arabic.\u00a0<em>The Feeling of Being Watched<\/em> is her directorial debut.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Project Description<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 0em;\">In 2017 Assia initiated a lawsuit against the FBI requesting that they release over 33-thousand records regarding &#8220;Operation Vulgar Betrayal,&#8221; the largest domestic terrorism investigation conducted before 9\/11 targeting thousands of law-abiding Muslim Americans across the country. After a landmark ruling, the FBI was forced to release 3,000 pages of records a month until reaching the total number of 33,120 pages. Assia&#8217;s &#8220;Watching Back Campaign&#8221; will result in a groundbreaking trans-media project creating an online platform so that these documents available to the general public, journalists, activists, advocates and academic scholars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feelingofbeingwatched.com\/watching-back-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Watching Back Campaign&#8221; &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/storytellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-Storytellers-ABounaoui-WatchingBackCampaign.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-697\" src=\"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/storytellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-Storytellers-ABounaoui-WatchingBackCampaign.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/storytellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-Storytellers-ABounaoui-WatchingBackCampaign.png 500w, https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/storytellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-Storytellers-ABounaoui-WatchingBackCampaign-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mdocs.skidmore.edu\/storytellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-Storytellers-ABounaoui-WatchingBackCampaign-356x200.png 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assia Boundaoui is an Algerian-American journalist and filmmaker based in Chicago. 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