Arab Women Reporters on Frontlines of Lebanon War

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

'Pakistan Times' Foreign Desk

DUBAI (United Arab Emirates): A male news anchor appeared on screen from the safety of Arabic station Al-Jazeera’s studio in Doha as two female correspondents in full war gear reported live from both sides of the Lebanon-Israel frontline.

This is the new face of war reporting Arab audiences have been seeing since Israel launched its all-out onslaught on Lebanon on July 12 in an attempt to defeat Hezbollah militants.

Young female reporters beat their male colleagues to the forefront of the war zone, braving the danger of becoming a target for the gunships hovering over their heads.

Arab women correspondents, including Iraqis, have increasingly been reporting for Arab television outlets from violence-wrecked Iraq, and a number were killed doing their job.But the Hezbollah-Israel showdown brought Arab female reporters out in force from day one, and it was not long before a Lebanese freelance photographer paid with her life.

Layal Nagib, 23, was killed on the spot when an Israeli missile struck next to the taxi in which she was travelling in south Lebanon.

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1. women getting the job done - as usual

my appreciation and good wishes to all of them