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Surviving Gunfire, Leading the Fight for Women Journalists in Somalia

At a U.N. panel in New York, Maryan Seylac described surviving gunfire in Somalia and urged stronger protections for women journalists. By Abdirisak Mohamud Turyare MOGADISHU, Somalia — When Maryan Seylac began her journalism career in Baidoa, southwestern Somalia, she was the town’s only woman in the profession. In September 2006, during an assassination…