Her career changed course in 2006 when she covered the 2006 Lebanon War, also known as the July War or the Israel—Hezbollah War, which was a 34-day military conflict in Lebanon | During this period, Maktabi covered notable events for CNN such as the beginning of the in , , and protests in and |
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Notable reporting assignments [ ] Rima Maktabi at the World Economic Forum's meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World held in Jordan 2011 | Female Lebanese photojournalist was killed by an Israeli rocket during the conflict |
At the time of the war, Maktabi was a "rookie" journalist but was able to get exclusive coverage for al-Arabiya.
19While at CNN, Maktabi was the host of the program Inside the Middle East and produced over 100 episodes | The conflict between Israel and Lebanon produced 1,191 Lebanese deaths along with thousands wounded or displaced |
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While at al-Aribiya, Maktabi reported on significant events like elections in Iran and Lebanon, the in Lebanon between the Lebanese Internal Security Forces and militants at the Palestinian camp in 2007, Arab League summits in and , the annual in Davos, and the |
The 2006 Lebanon War lasted from July to September 2006.
29She announced her return to al-Arabiya in October 2012 | Although a difficult form to use in English because of the relative paucity of rhyme words available in a language which has, in comparison with Italian, a more complex phonology, [ ] terza rima has been used by , , in and in his "" and |
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Al-Arabiya [ ] Rima Maktabi was journalist and television presenter for al-Arabiya, an Arab satellite channel, for five years | Maktabi said that Israelis targeted journalists and the International Red Cross requested the journalists to keep a distance from the relief workers when traveling in a convoy for the safety of the relief teams |
Women made up half of the staff at some news outlets like al Arabiya.