A female journalist in Saudi Arabia made history as she became the first woman news presenter to deliver an evening newscast on state-owned television. Weam Al Dakheel garnered a lot of attention after she was seen co-hosting the news bulletin alongside a male news anchor.
Alongside anchor Omar Al Nashwan, she appeared to present the news on TV and became the first female in the history of state-owned Channel 1 to present the nightly 9:30 newscast.
The Khaleej Times reported explaining why this is a significant milestone, ¡°Traditionally, men have dominated hard newscasts in Saudi Arabia, while female presenters focused more on soft morning newscasts, women¡¯s programmes, cooking shows and weather updates,¡±?
¡°Jumanah AlShami was the first women to present morning newscasts in 2016. Today history repeats itself as #WeamAlDakheel becomes the presenter of the main nightly newscast, setting a precedent in a historic first for Saudi TV 1,¡± the channel said on its official Twitter handle on Thursday.