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Independent Women's Forum (blog)
October 18, 2017
Rania al-Baz was a TV news producer in Saudi Arabia when her husband brutally beat her – to the point where he thought she was dead. After the abuse, in which she suffered 13 fractures to her face and landed in a coma, al-Baz made the brave decision to publish photos of her now unrecognizable face.
Independent Women's Forum (blog)
October 18, 2017
Rania al-Baz was a TV news producer in Saudi Arabia when her husband brutally beat her – to the point where he thought she was dead. After the abuse, in which she suffered 13 fractures to her face and landed in a coma, al-Baz made the brave decision to publish photos of her now unrecognizable face.
Bustle
July 17, 2017
There is immense power in sharing stories and in relating to others with experiences similar to your own. There is comfort in a book's power to remove you from the isolation that can often accompany a marginalized identity. Everyone deserves to feel like they belong. Reading stories that accurately portrayÃâà...
The Majalla Magazine
September 7, 2013
(FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images) Nine years have passed since the people of Saudi Arabia were shocked by newspaper photos of the battered, swollen face of Rania Al-Baz, a well-known television newscaster. Her ghastly injuries were inflicted by her husband, who beat her nearly to death.
The National
May 28, 2011
It was in 2004 when Dana Brooks, a producer with the show, called asking me to interview Rania al Baz, who had been savagely beaten by her husband and left for dead in front of a Jeddah hospital. The beautiful Saudi television presenter was barely alive when a doctor found her in the car park breathing shallowly with 13Ãâà...
CBS News
December 2, 2005
Eighteen months ago, Rania Al Baz was a stunningly beautiful young Saudi woman, who prided herself on her modern life and her professional accomplishments as the very visible host of Saudi Television's morning show. On screen, she wore brightly colored headscarves in defiance of the ubiquitousÃâà...
CBS News
December 2, 2005
Domestic violence against Arab women was always a taboo subject until one woman's bravery shed some light on it, reports CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar. This was the story that scandalized Saudi Arabia and tore the veil off the taboo subject of domestic violence. Rania al Baz was beatenÃâà...
BBC News
September 22, 2005
A Saudi television presenter who was nearly killed by her husband in one of the most publicised cases of domestic violence in the conservative kingdom has written a book about her life. Pictures of the disfigured face of Rania al-Baz were seen worldwide following the publication of details of the violence inÃâà...
BBC News
April 30, 2004
Earlier this month, a prominent Saudi television presenter made international headlines when she permitted newspapers to print horrific images of injuries she said she had sustained from an alleged beating by her husband. Rania al-Baz's bruised and swollen face shocked the global community - andÃâà...
BBC News
April 18, 2004
Rania al-Baz said her husband, Mohammed al-Fallatta, beat her so hard earlier this week that he broke her nose and fractured her face in 13 places. She is recovering in hospital. Police are looking for Mr Fallatta, an unemployed singer. Reuters news agency says he faces charges of attempted murder.
