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An NRJ radio studio in Paris. (AFP)
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Najdiyah Al-Hejailan speaks to Asharq Al-Awsat at the newspapers headquarters in London. (Asharq Al-Awsat/James Hanna)
First Saudi Female Radio Presenter: Self-belief is paramount
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Najdiyah Al-Hejailan is better known as Salwa Ibrahim, but it is her voice that is perhaps best known of all. She is a pioneer: hers was the first female voice to be broadcast on Saudi airwaves. Although Najdiyah only worked in the media for a...Caption:
The N Seoul Tower is seen next to a traditional bower on the top of Nam mountain in Seoul on February 22, 2010. The tower was established as a Korea’s first total electric wave tower to send TV and radio broadcasts in Seoul metropolitan area in 1969. AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
South Koreans on Arab Airwaves
As a child at home in the United States I used to listen to broadcasts from faraway places via shortwave radio, the transmission typically uneven and full of static. Today those distant voices come in clear as a bell, via streaming audio on any smartphone. Late the...Caption:
File photo of Egyptian Information Minister Salah Abdel-Maksoud. (AAA)