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In this episode:

• Constance Malleret (@Constancemlrt), Journalist

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolomé, Chloe K. Li, and Manahil Naveed with Mohamed Zain Shafi Khan, and hosted by Natasha del Toro, standing in for Malika Bilal.

The Take production team includes Amy Walters, Ashish Malhotra, Catherine Nouhan, Chloe K. Li, David Enders, Duha Mosaad, Khaled Soltan, Manahil Naveed, Marcos Bartolomé, Sarí el-Khalili, Sonia Bhagat, and Tamara Khandaker.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad are our leads for audience development and engagement.

Alexandra Locke serves as The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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