Courage seeking truth: Shireen’s lesson for younger journalists
by Fatima AbdulKarim
May 18, 2022
4 minutes
I can never forget Shireen Abu Akleh’s lesson in courage.
It is a lesson I was reminded of when I learned that my mentor and friend had been shot and killed last week, reportedly by Israeli forces, while covering an Israeli military raid in the northern West Bank for Al Jazeera.
There was no point in putting ourselves in danger, Shireen constantly told us younger journalists. Courage in journalism came only through asking for the truth, not in anything else.
She was shot and killed seeking the truth, wearing her press vest and helmet.
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