Shireen Abu Aqla: face and voice of war and peace
Shireen Abu Aqla was a household name across the Arab world - literally.
Across the region and beyond, her calm commanding presence filled living rooms, courtyards, and camps as viewers turned to the new Al Jazeera network transforming 24-hour Arabic language television.
Joining in 1997, a year after its launch, she made her own history, too.
For a new generation of young Arab women who came of age then - and are now a driving force in journalism - she was the first female correspondent, they'd seen on their television screens.
Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid
I saw the news first on my colleague Shaimaa Khalil's Twitter feed.
"Oh what terrible news!! I and millions have followed Shireen's reporting for years!"
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