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16 women journalists on the Middle East front lines

Al-Monitor asked 16 of the most prominent women journalists covering the Middle East about the role of gender in their work in the region.
Palestinian women mark International Women's Day with a rally calling for an end to Palestinian divisions, in Gaza City March 8, 2011. Female protesters rallied to voice their frustrations over the unending split between Hamas and Abbas's Fatah movement and the lack of progress towards a peace that will end Israeli occupation and finally give them a state of their own. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR2JLMD

Female reporters in the Middle East have shown exceptional courage on the front lines of war, dodging bullets, fending off sexual harassment and lining the corridors of power to deliver the news.

In September, Jill Filipovic of The Guardian created a stir with her article "Can girls even find Syria on a map," observing, "The overwhelming majority of expert talking heads and op-ed writers on US intervention in Syria are male."

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