The first hijabi news caster on Algerian state television.
Najou Jedi is the first veiled female presenter to appear on Algerian state television in recent days to mark a new and unprecedented event since the country’s independence.
Algerian television has continued its policy of banning veiled female journalists from its various channels since its independence.
Some in Algeria attribute the ban on hijab on television to personal beliefs and improvised decisions issued by successive officials in the management of Algerian television since independence.
Nasira Mazhoud is an Algerian journalist who was banned from reporting on television in 2012 for wearing the hijab.
Iman Mahjoubi, Houria Harth, Susan bin Habib and before them Naeema Majer were also banned from broadcasting the newsletter on television due to wearing the hijab.
Al-Quran Al-Karim, affiliated with Algerian television, was the only official channel to allow its presenters to wear the hijab.