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About the author

Zainab Alshehab

Zainab Alshehab is a 21 years-old journalist from Bahrain. A graduate from University Of Bahrain, with Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication, she currently serves as a trainee reporter for Al-Bilad Newspaper.

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Credits

Photo 1: Team Bahrain – Getty Images, Photo 82219629 – Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images

Photo 2: 1984 Olympics, Opening Ceremony – Getty Images, Photo 1268710 – Photo by Steve Powell/Allsport/Getty Images

Photo 3: Rashid Ramzi – Getty Images, Photo 82462522 – Photo by Stu Forster

Photo 4: Danis Latypov – Getty Images, Photo 1330366331 – Photo by Buda Mendes

Photo 5:  Mohamed Ali – Getty Images, Photo 1330332878 – Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos

Photo 6: Abdulla Essa Ahmed Ali Yusuf – Getty Images, Photo 1331266079 – Photo by Maddie Meyer

Photo 7: Team Bahrain – Getty Images, Photo 149369897 – Photo by Lars Baron

Photo 8: Maryam yusuf Jamal – Getty Images, Photo 514294980 – Photo by Alexander Hassenstein

Photo 9: Maryam yusuf Jamal – Getty Images, Photo 150131043 – Photo by Michael Steele

Photo 10: Ruth Jebet – Getty Images, Photo 589716824 – Photo by Shaun Botterill

Photo 11: Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa – Getty Images, Photo 589485032 – Photo by Buda Mendes

 

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