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Nature 459, 1057 (25 June 2009) | doi:10.1038/4591057a; Published online 24 June 2009

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Science journalism: The Arab boom

Nadia El-Awady1

  1. Nadia El-Awady is a freelance science journalist based in Cairo. She is a founding member and past president of the Arab Science Journalists Association and a board member of the World Federation of Science Journalists.
    Email: nadiaelawady@gmail.com

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As research increases in Arab countries, the media is stepping up to report on it. In the third of three essays, Nadia El-Awady says the local journalism has much room for improvement.

When I started covering science for IslamOnline.net in Egypt about ten years ago, I did an Internet search for 'science journalism' to see if such a profession even existed.