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      Leen Alfaisal

      Leen Alfaisal

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      Abu Dhabi
      Leen is a video producer and a documentary filmmaker. She has previously worked with Al Arabiya English, CNN Arabic and won awards for her documentary “The Borrowed Dress” in Dublin and Beirut. She majored in journalism in the American University in Dubai, where she also minored in Middle Eastern studies.
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      Palestinian prime minister attends Mass marking Coptic Christmas in Bethlehem
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      Palestinian prime minister attends Mass marking Coptic Christmas in Bethlehem

      Midnight Mass was held at the Church of the Nativity, where Jesus is believed to have been born

      MENAJanuary 07, 2022
      Meet the Iraqi female boxer fighting gender taboos
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      Meet the Iraqi female boxer fighting gender taboos

      In the Shiite city of Najaf, the sight of women boxing is unusual, but Bushra Al Hajjar and others like her are working to change that

      IraqJanuary 06, 2022
      Car crash in Sharjah lights vehicle up in flames
      Play12:22:02
      Car crash in Sharjah lights vehicle up in flames

      No injuries were reported as a result of the crash.

      UAEJanuary 06, 2022
      Vigil held for 13 killed in Philadelphia fire
      Play11:14:50
      Vigil held for 13 killed in Philadelphia fire

      The victims of the incident included seven children

      USJanuary 06, 2022
      WHO says Sinopharm prevents Omicron admissions to hospital
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      WHO says Sinopharm prevents Omicron admissions to hospital

      Covid-19 vaccines produced by China's Sinopharm and Sinovac can offer protection against severe illness, admission to hospital and death related to the Omicron variant, a World Health Organisation official said

      CoronavirusJanuary 05, 2022
      Drone footage shows long lines for Covid-19 testing in the US
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      Drone footage shows long lines for Covid-19 testing in the US

      The US is grappling with the latest wave of the coronavirus as the Omicron-driven surge threatens to overwhelm hospitals

      USJanuary 05, 2022
      Palestinian prisoner ends five-month hunger strike
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      Palestinian prisoner ends five-month hunger strike

      Hisham Abu Hawash is one of hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli ‘administrative detention’. People suspected of militant activities can be held without charge for an extendable period of 60 days.

      MENAJanuary 05, 2022
      Can PCR and lateral flow tests detect the Omicron variant of Covid-19?
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      Can PCR and lateral flow tests detect the Omicron variant of Covid-19?

      Scientists are still learning about Omicron and whether it can evade traditional screening. For now, this is what we know

      CoronavirusJanuary 04, 2022
      Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc. , left center, departs from federal court with, from left, husband Billy Evans, parents Noel Holmes and Christian Holmes IV in San Jose, California, U. S. , on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty of criminal fraud after she built her blood-testing startup Theranos Inc. into a $9 billion company only to see it collapse in scandal. Photographer: David Paul Morris / Bloomberg
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      Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes found guilty in fraud trial

      She was on trial for conspiring to defraud investors in the blood testing startup

      BusinessJanuary 04, 2022
      Unusual snow and hail hit popular Red Sea resort in Egypt
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      Snow and hail hit popular Red Sea resort town in Egypt

      Hurghada is normally a warm winter destination for European tourists

      EgyptJanuary 03, 2022
      Watch Saudis sing and dance in Tabuk to celebrate snowfall
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      Watch Saudis sing and dance in Tabuk to celebrate snowfall

      The frosty weather is not entirely unusual in the northern region of the kingdom

      Saudi ArabiaJanuary 03, 2022
      Watch as lightning strikes the tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa
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      Watch as lightning strikes the tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa

      Video posted on Instagram by Khalifa Saeed shows lightning striking Burj Khalifa in Dubai amid rainy weather

      UAEJanuary 03, 2022
      (FILES) In this file photo taken on August 21, 2019 Abdallah Hamdok, speaks after being sworn in as Sudan's interim prime minister in the capital Khartoum. - Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, the face of the country's fragile transition to civilian rule for more than two years before he was ousted and detained in an October coup then reinstated last month, resigned today in another blow to the turbulent African nation. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP)
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      Sudan's prime minister Abdalla Hamdok resigns

      Hamdok announced his resignation amid political deadlock and widespread pro-democracy protests following a military coup that derailed the country’s fragile transition to democratic rule

      MENAJanuary 03, 2022
      Heavy rain causes water damage to homes in Dubai
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      Heavy rain causes water damage to homes in Dubai

      High winds and heavy rain swept across the country in the early hours of Saturday and continued on Sunday

      UAEJanuary 02, 2022
      Israel strikes 'military targets' in Gaza
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      Israel strikes 'military targets' in Gaza

      Israel says it targeted a Hamas rocket manufacturing plant and military post, but there was no Palestinian confirmation of possible casualties or what was hit

      MENAJanuary 02, 2022
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