FLORENCE AUBENAS

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Florence Aubenas (born 6 February 1961) is a French journalist. She was born in Brussels, 6 February 1961, from French parents and studied journalism at the Centre de Formation des Journalistes in Paris. She worked as a reporter for Libération, Le Nouvel Observateur and Le Monde, among others.

She was kidnapped in 2005 while covering the Iraq war and was held captive for five months.