Baz divorced her husband and won custody of her children | In 2001 [Al-Baz] created a stir by being the first female announcer on Saudi television, a pioneer in a country where zealots continue to believe that no circumstances justify a woman showing her face in public |
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Her career prospered until her beating in 2004 | According to Vulliamy, her story has "fundamentally challenged the culture of silence" in Saudi Arabia "over violence against women" |
When photographs of her "bruised and swollen face" were published, they "sent shockwaves through her country and around the world", according to journalist.
from the original on 2018-09-15 | Her husband was sentenced to six months in jail and 300 lashes, but was reduced by half "after Baz publicly pardoned him and waived a compensation suit" |
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com May 12, 2004 accessed 2014-10-15• Al-Baz wrote a book about her ordeal, Disfigured: A Saudi Woman's Story of Triumph Over Violence | Disfigured: A Saudi Woman's Story of Triumph Over Violence |
She was criticized again for appearing on foreign television programs without her headscarf and allegedly criticizing.
Akeel, Maha 31 May 2004 | He told her she was going to die, and after beating her and slamming her face repeatedly against the marble floor, put her body in the trunk of his car |
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from the original on 2018-09-15 | from the original on 2018-09-15 |
Following her beating and recovery, al-Baz worked on and the Lebanese channel.
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