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May 2024
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Another Take: Will there ever be justice...

Al Jazeera
About this episode

Every Saturday, we revisit a story that’s in the news again. This originally aired on May 11, 2023. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed. 

In November 2022, six months after Shireen Abu Akleh was killed the FBI launched an investigation, but until now, it’s unclear where the probe stands. So what happened to that investigation, and will there ever be justice for Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing?

In this episode: 

  • Ali Harb, (@harbpeace) Al Jazeera Journalist
  • Rania Zabaneh (@RZabaneh), Al Jazeera Journalist

Episode credits:

This episode was updated by Sarí el-Khalili. The original production team was Amy Walters, Ashish Malhotra, Chloe K. Li, Negin Owliaei, Miranda Lin, Sonia Bhagat, Khaled Soltan and our host, Malika Bilal. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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