Enas Hamed on why she writes

AL-MONITOR Staff

Mar 4, 2015

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An injured member of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi is carried by members of the riot police and the army after they cleared Rabaa Adawiya square area, where the Pro-Mursi supporters are camping, in Cairo August 14, 2013. Egyptian security forces killed at least 30 people on Wednesday when they cleared a camp of Cairo protesters who were demanding the reinstatement of Mursi, his Muslim Brother — An injured member of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is carried by members of the riot police and army after the violent clearing of the Rabia al-Adawiya sit-in, in Cairo, Aug. 14, 2013. Al-Monitor's Enas Hamed recalls the events of the day as her most painful experience as a journalist. — REUTERS

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Enas Hamed has been writing for Al-Monitor since September 2013. She holds a bachelor's degree in mass communication and a diploma in journalistic translation from the American University in Cairo. She has worked in the investigations department at Shorouk newspaper and as a program editor for Al-Sharq al-Awsat radio. She currently heads the news team for Shorouk's website.

Al-Monitor: Why did you decide to become a journalist?

Hamed: To communicate with people all over the world, listen to them, live their lives and convey the true image and information to the audience.

But it is hard to give the complete story nowadays, because of the tangling of the events, but I try my best to bring the whole phases of the story.

Enas Hamed on why she writes

Al-Monitor contributor Enas Hamed shares her thoughts on journalism.

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