Walaa Hussein on why she writes

Al-Monitor contributor Walaa Hussein shares her thoughts on journalism.
A fisherman rows his boat with his family on the river Nile in Cairo October 30, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: SOCIETY) - RTR4C8V2
A fisherman rows his boat with his family on the Nile River in Cairo, Oct. 30, 2014. Al-Monitor's Walaa Hussein has extensively covered the geopolitics of the Nile basin and traveled widely in the region. - REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
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Walaa Hussein has been writing for Al-Monitor since September 2013; she is the editor-in-chief of the parliamentary news division at Rose al-Yusuf. An expert in African affairs, Hussein has collaborated with the Nile Channel, writing and preparing newscasts.

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