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Linah Mohammad

Shireen Abu Akleh's voice was the soundtrack of my childhood. Her legacy lives on

A woman lights a candle in front of a poster depicting Shireen Abu Akleh. (HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)

The living room TV was almost never off. The updates were crucial, I gathered, as I was rarely allowed to change the channel from Al Jazeera.

And there she was — so present, her voice was so somber, her sign-off so distinctive, and her intonations so recognizable.

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