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Rania al-Baz
Saudi Arabian journalist
Rania al-Baz (Arabic: رانيا الباز) is a Saudi Arabiantelevision presenter, well known as the host of the programme "The Kingdom this Morning".
She came to prominence after being badly beaten by her husband Muhammad Bakar Yunus al-Fallatta[1][2][3] and hospitalized on April 13, 2004, when she was knocked unconscious and her face suffered 13 fractures.
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When photographs of her "bruised and swollen face" were published, they "sent shockwaves through her country and around the world", according to Guardian journalist Ed Vulliamy.[4][5]
In 2001, Al-Baz became the first female announcer on Saudi television despite opposition from religious conservatives over her uncovered face and colored (rather than black) hijab.[6] Her career prospered until her beating in 2004.
According to Al-Baz, her husband beat her after she answered the phone without his permission. He told her she was going