Layal Najib
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Layal Najib, also Romanized Nagib, Nejib or Najeeb, (Arabic: ليال نجيب; died 23 July 2006) was a Lebanese photojournalist for Agence France Press and Al Jaras (Translated: The Bell) and is the first journalist killed during the 2006 Lebanon War.[1][2][3] She was also among several female journalists who were establishing their reputations as reporters during the war, such as Rima Maktabi and Najwa Qassem.[4] Najib is one of seven journalists to have been killed since the end of civil war in 1990.[5] Najib's death follows behind that of female journalist Atwar Bahjat who was killed while covering the Iraq War.[6]
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