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Carolien Roelants
Carolien Roelants served for thirty years as Middle East editor at Dutch daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad. She now writes a weekly column focusing on the Middle East for NRC Handelsblad. She is also senior editor at Fanack.com, Middle East Chronicle.