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A Saudi journalist has become the first female reporter to appear on an official Saudi TV while wearing her niqab.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Latifa Al Awaid appeared on the Saudi state-run TV yesterday, reporting news from Al Ahsa city, in\u00a0 a niqab<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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According to some reports, Al Awaid used to report with voiceover without appearing before cameras or showing her face, since she joined the TV last January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The channel\u2019s general manager has since agreed to allow the reporter to appear before cameras while wearing her niqab.<\/p>\n

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The move follows Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman\u2019s Vision 2030 initiative<\/h2>\n

The initiative includes reforms that allow Saudi women to advance in various fields<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Saudi journalist has become the first female reporter to appear on an official Saudi TV while wearing her niqab. Latifa Al Awaid appeared on the Saudi state-run TV yesterday, reporting news from Al Ahsa city, in\u00a0 a niqab According to some reports, Al Awaid used to report with voiceover without appearing before cameras or … ","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"acf":{"hide_featured_image":false,"featured_image":{"ID":31897,"id":31897,"title":"niqabi reporter","filename":"niqabi-reporter.jpeg","filesize":1,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/09124502\/niqabi-reporter.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/community\/saudi-arabia-just-got-its-first-niqabi-reporter-on-tv\/attachment\/niqabi-reporter\/","alt":"","author":"403","description":"","caption":"","name":"niqabi-reporter","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":31895,"date":"2021-05-09 09:45:02","modified":"2021-05-09 09:45:02","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":500,"height":250,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/09124502\/niqabi-reporter-small.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/09124502\/niqabi-reporter-medium.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":150,"medium_large":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/09124502\/niqabi-reporter-500x250.jpg","medium_large-width":500,"medium_large-height":250,"large":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/09124502\/niqabi-reporter-large.jpg","large-width":500,"large-height":250,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/09124502\/niqabi-reporter-500x250.jpg","1536x1536-width":500,"1536x1536-height":250,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/09124502\/niqabi-reporter-500x250.jpg","2048x2048-width":500,"2048x2048-height":250,"small":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/09124502\/niqabi-reporter-230x115.jpg","small-width":120,"small-height":60,"custom-size":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/09124502\/niqabi-reporter.jpeg","custom-size-width":400,"custom-size-height":200}},"featured_image_caption":"","ad_square_right":"","summary":"","flexible_content":false,"legacy_image":"","legacy_full_image":"","type_of_video":"Self Hosted","lovin_video_link":false,"lovin_video_link_webm":false,"video_thumbnail":false,"disable_ads":false,"slots_script_override":"","ad_horizontal_top_desktop":"","ad_vertical_left_desktop":"","ad_vertical_right_desktop":"","ad_horizontal_top_tablet":"","ad_horizontal_bottom_tablet":"","ad_horizontal_mobile_1":"","ad_horizontal_mobile_2":"","ad_horizontal_mobile_3":"","article_ad_infeed_slot":"","ad_square_podcast":"","disable_lovin_hearts":false,"lovin_heart_title":"","show_sponsor":false,"sponsor_image":false,"sponsor_name":"","sponsor_content":"","sponsor_website":"","sponsor_facebook":"","sponsor_twitter":"","sponsor_instagram":"","enable_reveal_feature":false,"reveal_image":false,"legacy_sponsor_name":"","legacy_sponsor_website":"","legacy_sponsor_content":"","legacy_sponsor_image":"","featured_for_app":false,"legacy_meta_tags":"","is_guest_user":false,"episode_number":"","embed_code":"","episode_introduction":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}