Mahmoud Abu Zeid, widely known as Shawkan, was released on Monday after spending nearly six years in prison following his arrest while covering a bloody
![shawkan [getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/180D316E-DBCD-407F-B9B6-9E5513DAF479.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=ShefSfwN "shawkan [getty]")
![Shawkan Egypt [Anadolu]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/26216E20-959E-4080-98BF-FF8094D1756F.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=PbIQX52_ "Shawkan Egypt [Anadolu]")
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