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Egypt's "Zero schoolgirl" takes on the State

A professional handwriting expert has told top Egyptian schoolgirl Mariam Malak - who was shocked to hear she had scored zero in all her exams - that the writing was not hers. However, she's now been told by prosecutors that the handwriting is indeed hers, and that therefore the exam papers could not have been swapped. 麻豆社 Arabic's Rasha Kashan has been speaking to Mariam.

(Photo: Mariam Malak in Cairo)
(Credit: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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