Dina Mohammed Hassan / Zeina Mahmoud

From the news reports:

Ms. Hassan, 38, a reporter for the Kurdish television network Al Huriya ...

She joined the network nine months ago after long working at the Ministry of Information, they said.

"We used to joke to her that she should use the money she had saved to fix her teeth and get married," said a colleague, Naseer al-Timimy. "But because she was an orphan, she felt she needed to hold on to her money."

NYT 19 Oct 2004