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      Nada Maucourant Atallah

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      Nada Maucourant Atallah is a correspondent at The National's Beirut bureau. She is a French-Lebanese journalist with five years of experience in Lebanon. She previously worked for L’Orient-Le Jour and the French investigative journal Mediapart, with a focus on financial and political investigations. She also reported for various French media outlets such as Le Monde Diplomatique and Madame Figaro
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      MENAFebruary 11, 2026
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      MENAFebruary 08, 2026
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      MENAFebruary 07, 2026
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      MENAFebruary 06, 2026
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      MENAJanuary 24, 2026
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      MENAJanuary 23, 2026
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      MENAJanuary 23, 2026
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      MENAJanuary 22, 2026
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