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By following journalism鈥檚 core tenets鈥攂eing there, bearing witness, talking to those involved and reporting what was seen, heard and understood鈥攖he CBC鈥檚聽聽has consistently succeeded in explaining the Middle East and its ever-changing politics to the audience in Canada.

She also did that for the audience at the 15th聽Annual Kesterton Lecture. With Arab Spring came hope, she told the crowd鈥攂ut with the hope came the realization that obstacles would not be brushed aside so easily. It made an already complex part of the world even more difficult to read.

Ayed belongs to the School鈥檚 Master of Journalism Class of 鈥�97. She is based in London for CBC鈥檚聽The National.

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鈥淭he Middle East is a region that grows more complex by the day, said CBC foreign correspondent Nahlah Ayed.

鈥淚t has become much more difficult to predict what鈥檚 happening in the Middle East,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not the same region it was three, four, five years ago.鈥濃��

聽by Kristy Strauss

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鈥淪tate media control, a problem Ayed said hits close to home, has become so pervasive that signals for television shows critical of the status quo, such as that of popular Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef, are jammed.鈥�

聽by Cassie Hendry