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“Tradition of the Blade” was recognized at the 2015 New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards in the Information/Documentary Magazine Format category.
Award:  Gold Award, Information/Documentary Magazine Format category
Given By: New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards
Network: RFE/RL
Award winning work: “Tradition of the Blade”
Description: “Tradition of the Blade” (excerpt here), a program about female genital mutilation in Iran that Karimi Majd called “one of the hardest and most painful reports that I have produced in more than 20 years of working on women’s issues,” was recognized at the 2015 New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards in the Information/Documentary Magazine Format category.