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Eat This with Yara has been named Outstanding Lifestyle Programe on the fiftieth Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

Los Angeles – The AJ+ present, Eat This with Yara, has gained “Outstanding Lifestyle Program” on the fiftieth Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.

Launched in 2018 by senior producer and host Yara Elmjouie, Eat This with Yara is a brief documentary programme exploring the intersection of meals and society.

The profitable episode from the sequence is known as, The Awful Truth About ‘No Trespassing’ Signs. With the assistance of TikTok star and knowledgeable forager Alexis Nikole Nelson – often known as “The Black Forager” – it tells the story of trespass legal guidelines which unfold quickly by means of the US following the abolition of slavery, to be able to goal newly freed Black Americans.

It is the primary AJ+ programme to win a nationwide Emmy Award and was up in opposition to competitors from Netflix, NBC and Magnolia Network on the ceremony on Friday, December 15.

Elmjouie accepted the award alongside his former co-producer Adrienne Blaine, who has since left AJ+, and govt producer Shadi Rahimi.

In his acceptance speech, Elmjouie referred to as for the world’s consideration to deal with the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Gaza, on which Israel launched a battle on October 7, and condemned the killing of his colleague, Al Jazeera Arabic cameraman Samer Abudaqa, who died throughout an Israeli drone assault on December 14, in the future earlier than the awards ceremony.

Elmjouie additionally talked about Al Jazeera Arabic’s Gaza bureau chief, Wael Dahdouh, who was injured in the identical Israeli assault, in addition to the late Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent, Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed by Israeli snipers in 2022.

While on stage, govt producer Shadi Rahimi displayed a henna tattoo on her palms that learn “Save Gaza”. She additionally briefly held up an indication close to the tip of Elmjouie’s speech which learn: “Killing Journalists Is A War Crime.”

Following the ceremony, clips of Elmjouie’s speech have been shared extensively on TikTok and Instagram.

The profitable episode of Eat This with Yara could be considered on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, however brief viral clips of it have additionally been printed on X, TikTok and Instagram Reels.

In previous years, Eat This with Yara has gained a James Beard Award, two Webby Awards, and an award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).