The report, published during the peak of the COVID-19 crisis in the Middle East, was not picked up by the Arabic speaking media or translated into Arabic, with little coverage of FGM in Arabic at all.
Taarifa hii ilichapishwa wakati janga la COVID-19 likiwa limeshika kasi huko Mashariki ya Kati na haikuchapishwa wala kutafsiriwa hata kidogo na vyombo vya habari na mitandao ya kijamii ya Kiarabu.