In Beirut in June she was awarded the Samir Kassir Prize for Freedom of the Press, open to all journalists working around the Mediterranean. It is a European Commission prize created in honour of Lebanese journalist Samir Kassir, assassinated in 2005. Euronews spoke to Naela Khalil during a trip she was making to Lebanon. Her first visit was to the offices of An Nahar, the daily newspaper where Samir Kassir worked alongside Gebrane Tueni, the former owner who was also murdered.