Yama Wolasmal

Yama Wolassmal (born 28 November 1982) is an Afghan-Norwegian news anchor.^[2]

Yama Wolasmal
Wolasmal in 2011
Born	(1982-11-28) 28 November 1982 (age 42)[1] Kabul, Afghanistan
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	News anchor
Known for	Anchor of Norway's main television news program, Dagsrevyen

Early life

Yama Wolasmal was born in Kabul. His family fled to Pakistan when he was three months old, and immigrated to Norway as refugees a few years later. He grew up in the Grünerløkka and Bjørndal neighborhoods of Oslo.^[3] Wolasmal had journalistic assignments in Dagbladet and TV 2, and was also a correspondent in Afghanistan.^[4] When employed by TV 2 he became moderator of the debate show Underhuset.

Career

In November 2017, Wolasmal was hired as anchor of Norway's main television news program, Dagsrevyen. In 2020 he was appointed as foreign correspondent for NRK in the Middle East, based in Beirut.^[5] In April 2024, he conducted an interview with Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer which garnered worldwide attention. In the interview, Wolasmal interrogated the interviewee about charges of Israeli war crimes and the Gaza genocide.^[6][7]

Prior to the interview with Mencer, Wolasmal has also interviewed Hamas leader Osama Hamdan^[8] and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in similar fashion.