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350:, where Zubeida and her husband were interviewed by Amr Adib, a prominent pro-regime reporter. The interview revealed that Zubeida had been estranged from her mother since April 2017, got married and had had a baby just two weeks prior to the BBC report. However, on 27 February 2018, Zubeida's mother stated in a live phone-in interview with the Istanbul-based opposition 258:
but they did not give me the armour plates that you slip into the vest. Without them the jacket was about as much use as a white handkerchief. I'm a bit more knowledgeable now and luckily the armour plates have become lighter. You cannot run very fast with a flak jacket on but sometimes you have to
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was part of the normal rotation of BBC news correspondents around the world. However, it was pretty bad timing to announce it within days of Director General Mark Thompson's visit to Israel where he had a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister
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station that she stood by all her previous claims and implied that Zubeida had been under duress to perform the interview. On 28 February 2018, reports emerged that Zubeida's mother had been arrested by the Egyptian security forces.
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in 1987 and becoming its youngest foreign correspondent when she was sent to Eastern Europe at the age of 23 in 1990. She remained at RTÉ until 1994, additionally reporting from central Europe, the former
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of Egyptian nationals, including a young woman called Zubeida who, her mother claimed, had been kidnapped by security forces in April 2017. On 26 February 2018 a live interview was broadcast on Egyptian
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magazine that Guerin had spent two years longer in the Jerusalem posting than the normal three-year rotation usual for its correspondents. Former
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wrote: "I have no doubt that the decision by the BBC to pull their Middle East correspondent Orla Guerin out of the region and send her to
144:(DIT), she qualified in 1985 with a Certificate in Journalism from the College of Commerce in Dublin. She also holds a master's degree in 1268: 363: 338:(PIJ) banners at the home of a 19-year-old terrorist who carried out a deadly knife attack at Lion's Gate in Jerusalem on October 3". 1233: 1223: 948:[In her first appearance after her daughter's meeting with Amr Adeeb, Zubaida's mother reveals secrets for the first time]. 230: 382: 267:
correspondent in January 2001. At the beginning of April 2002, the BBC made an official complaint to the Israeli government after
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fired in the direction of Guerin and her team, forcing them to find cover, while they were recording a peaceful demonstration in
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On 23 February 2018, Guerin published an investigative report titled "The shadow over Egypt", where she reported the alleged
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from January 1996 and became the corporation's Southern Europe correspondent in July 1996 and was based in
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in northern Spain. In the second half of 2000, Guerin was based in Moscow, and covered the
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succeeded her as the BBC's correspondent in Jerusalem. In December 2005, the BBC told
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Guerin began her career working for newspapers in Dublin such as the
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journalist. She is a Senior International correspondent working for
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Center in Jerusalem on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of
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made a complaint to the BBC and threatened to make a report to
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caused controversy, being criticised for appearing to link the
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In 2002 Guerin won the Broadcaster of the Year award from the
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and attended a convent school. A journalism graduate from the
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wear one. I have known colleagues who have died without them.
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until June 2000. During this period, Guerin reported from
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Regularly reporting from war zones, in 2002 Guerin told
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In 2002, she was awarded an honorary degree from the
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Honorary members of the Order of the British Empire
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The BBC defended Guerin's reporting. 475:correspondent Michael Georgy in 2003. 408:As of 2023, she is currently based in 1148:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U4000498 958:from the original on 22 December 2021 362:, the Venezuelan capital, during the 320:In October 2015, former BBC chairman 7: 1160:Scott, Caroline (27 February 2011), 809:"Newswatch – Profiles – Orla Guerin" 665:"BBC accused of bias against Israel" 254:I got my first flak jacket from the 1209:Alumni of University College Dublin 1162:"Another day, another Taliban bomb" 1063:. 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