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Zainal Rashid Ahmad

Zainal Rashid bin Ahmad (Jawi: ; born 30 June 1967), also known as ZRA, is a journalist and litterateur from Malaysia. He has received 7 journalism and 46 literature awards, and is known as the first Malaysian journalist to successfully get into Israel and Palestine to document the state of Muslims in the two countries, which he did twice in 2005 and in 2008. In 2025, he took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, along with his daughter Ilham Fansuri, to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip,

Zainal is known for his works and contribution to contemporary media in Malaysia. Aside from gaining access into Israel and Palestine twice, he also founded the company, Astro FM, and was one of the three key founders of TV Alhijrah, where he was Senior Vice President. Since 2020, he has been focusing on online streaming under the branding ZRA STRIM. Provided by Wikipedia