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How female journalists shape the news in the Middle East

Journalist Zahra Hankir on the role of female journalists covering the Arab spring and how, for her, the optimism of that age has turned to feelings of “hopelessness”.

(Picture: A painting mural protest against the regime of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, painted by students of the Academy of Arts, in Cairo, during the 'Arab Spring' of 2011 on 20th September 2015 in Cairo, Egypt. Credit: Getty Images)

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