I listened to her the other day, and I would've missed the 'n' sound. Her story of a single mother in Tunisia whose two eldest daughters were brainwashed and joined ISIS also won her the Gracie award. No doubt you already know Leila's name because she's been at NPR as a correspondent for a decade. Her stories brought listeners to the heart of a state-ordered massacre of pro-Muslim Brotherhood protesters in Cairo in 2013 when police shot into crowds of people to clear them and killed between 1,000 and 2,000 people. Leila was raised by her parents in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. It was just sort of expected that the same person would win a generally rigged election in places like Egypt. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. As a new host, have you thought about any strategies to reach this new, young and diverse audience? How do you navigate this landscape? You have earned {{app.voicePoint}} points. A winner is declared in Nigeria's presidential election. Leila has earned great income over the years which has accumulated into a decent fortune. Most recently, she was NPR's international correspondent based in Cairo and covered the wave of revolts in the Middle East and their aftermaths in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, and beyond. [1] She was a Jack Shaheen Mass Communications scholar and graduated from Northeastern University School of Journalism in 2004. Two local Post employees remained in custody, interpreter Sufian Taha and driver Mansour el-Sayed Mohammed Abo Gouda; according to Fadel, Abo Gouda was beaten. That seemed unfathomable at the time, because it went against the stated values and foreign policy of the United States. Arizona Public Radio | Your Source for NPR News, PublishedJanuary 31, 2022 at 3:04 AM MST. You'll find out about what they do and what they're inspired by on the daily. Leila Fadel NPR Faces Of NPR showcases the people behind NPR--from the voices you hear every day on the radio to the ones who work outside of the recording studio. MARTINEZ: And here, she covered major news of a democracy redefining itself. You can try again. FADEL: The question, Hill says, is how to make his community feel safe from police abuse, while also making it feel protected. Before joining NPR, she covered the Middle East for The Washington Post as the Cairo Bureau Chief. AFP via Getty Images FADEL: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. And I think that's really beautiful and important for our industry. So like you said, it's a real blessing to be able to not only go to these places but bring stories home that really show the broad experience of being human around the world. I'm really excited. One year to the day after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the country is transformed. Can you pronounce this word better or pronounce in different accent or variation ? Pink Floyd's historic album Dark Side of the Moon turns 50 years old today cognitive psychologist Daniel Levitin joins us to discuss its twisting psychological themes. And Leila gets to start. Leila Fadel All right, listeners to this program are hearing a new co-host today. Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race. I spent a lot of my time in North Africa living in Egypt, traveling to Morocco, Tunisia. In Saudi Arabia, she found a group of men and women who dared to bend the rules in order to sing together. Poll shows President Biden's approval rating is up. 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In March 2011, when she reported for the Washington Post's Cairo bureau, Fadel was arrested, interrogated and threatened by Egyptian authorities.The Post reported at the time: [Photographer] Davidson and Post reporter Leila Fadel had gone to the Cairo morgue to count bodies from the violence in . March 1, 2023 China reacts to the first hearing of a high-profile U.S. House committee. Change and mispronounce words. But we also have to remember that being fact-based and being truthful is not a bias. And so I think we just have to continue to do the work, and do the work well, and make people feel heard, but also not get into this sort of "bothsiderism" when it comes to truth. PublishedJanuary 31, 2022 at 5:04 AM EST, March 2023 Fund Drive Rules and Regulations, Persons with disabilities who need assistance accessing NHPR's FCC public files, please contact us at [email protected]. As the war drags on, he's back -to boost the morale of NATO and make a plea for the fight to continue. FADEL: Many of the businesses have shut down. That was normal. For years I've thought it was "Faldzin", or something to that effect. Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race. She covered the fall of Mosul to ISIS in 2014 and documented the harrowing tales of the Yazidi women who were kidnapped and enslaved by the group. [1][2] Fadel has chiefly worked in the Middle East, and received a George Polk Award for her coverage of the Iraq War. Before that, Leila served as an international correspondent and covered the Middle East for NPR. She is a woman of above-average stature. We would make jokes, sometimes dark humor really helps you get through difficult moments, you know. Since you have exceeded your time limit, your recording has been stopped. FADEL: You know, listening to all of those places that I covered, I think that mirror - that idea of continuing to hold up a mirror so people can see themselves and see people who they might think are very different than them. I think that is the beautiful part of storytelling. HASHEM: (Singing in non-English language). You can't just raise your hand and then do nothing. She is at NPR working as a national correspondent based in Los Angeles, California since 2017. And we were bonded by this experience that when we went home to wherever our families were from, nobody else understood. We were in Suez and I was with another reporter and friend, we had just watched the police be completely overwhelmed by protesters, people broke out of the local jail, it was this chaotic scene. 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February 21, 2023 Russian President Putin addresses his nation three days before the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the day after President Biden's unannounced visit to Ukraine's capital Kyiv. Now her job is to help make sense of all stories as one of our co-hosts. I drove through the Rif Mountains in Morocco and ended up in Tangiers. She told us the tales of a coup in Egypt and what it is like for a country to go through a military overthrow of an elected government. Most importantly, it's about the work that brings listeners to you, making sure that they feel that this is interesting to them, that they feel seen, that they feel heard, that they hear and see people like themselves on our air. Leila has won numerous awards through her stories including the Lowell Thomas Award from the Overseas Press Club. NPR But, you know, don't be afraid, because those are the moments where you might take the most important leap in your career. For all fans of public radio, this is a community designed to showcase really good radio stories -- and the people who make them. Speaking of your time abroad, I know you went to many different countries. Her NPR bio page states that she is Lebanese-American, and I've tried to listen closely to see if what I'm hearing can be explained by her last name being pronounced with the accent of a Middle Eastern language, but I can't convince myself that this is it. I'd always loved to write. MARTIN: Leila went on to cover unrest in Egyptian streets. Chicago's mayor faces a tough reelection bid. That's why I'm so excited about this platform. Leila Fadel, photographed for NPR, 2 May 2022, in Washington DC. Cover art for Pink Floyd's 1973 smash-hit album Dark Side of the Moon, which turns 50 years old today. She flew to Minneapolis in the midst of the pandemic as the city erupted in grief and anger over the killing of George Floyd. Checking my assumptions at the door, because we all come with them. And so since Tahrir Square happened, for the first time, Egyptians are looking in the mirror and realizing, oh, this is who we are. Absolutely. And I think we're going to continue to do that. Listen 3:26. Prior to joining NPR in 2012, Leila worked as a middle east correspondent for The Washington Post in Baghdad, Iraq, and Cairo, Egypt from January 2009 to June 2012. Previously, Fadeal worked in Cairo as NPR's international correspondent. She covered the fall of Mosul to ISIS in 2014 and documented the harrowing tales of the Yazidi women who were kidnapped and enslaved by the group. February 28, 2023 The Supreme Court will hear challenges to the student loan relief plan. Russia will stop its participation in a nuclear arms control treaty. Really questioning and listening to what people say who may have no access to power. Leila, welcome. The food, so different, the political realities and everyday lived experience are completely different. I had a wonderful mentor and dear friend who died in Syria, Anthony Shadid. Prior to moving to Lebanon, I spent every summer visiting during the civil war since I was an infant. It's especially good advice for us now because we're on a sailboat in the middle of the Nile River, with Cairo spreading out on either bank. That are saying, we're going to tell stories in this way. In 2017 she earned a Gracie award for the story of a single mother in Tunisia whose two eldest daughters were brainwashed and joined ISIS. Yeah, I've never thought about that. Is there still a place you want to go or a story you want to cover? I love public media. Now, that's scary. And when I said, OK, I can do this thing and I definitely had doubts I still did it. I grew up in a country that I'm not from, around a bunch of other people from around the world who were all there for work or because of their parents' work. Republicans and Democrats shine a light on the U.S.-China relationship. R. Polk award in 2007. This is a show that allows us to really try to hear people, seriously hear them, and put them in context. There she covered the wave of revolts in the Middle East and their aftermaths in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. We lose our driver, flag down a taxi and get ourselves back to Cairo and this taxi driver won't take us any further because there's a fire on the bridge where we're entering the city. INSKEEP: What is on your mind as you begin this job? JOURNALISTS, USA JOURNALISTS' BIOS Despite living a small town experience, I still had this global experience, exposed to different people's cultures and foods. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. I ultimately went to high school in Beirut because there were no high schools for foreign kids in Saudi Arabia at the time. I had been wondering the same thing. There are facts. She was awarded the Lowell Thomas Award from the Overseas Press Club for her coverage of the 2013 coup in Egypt and the toll it took on the country and Egyptian families. The majority of my time was spent in the Middle East. The pharyngealization of the voiced alveolar stop has an effect on the next letter, pulling it from the alveolar lateral approximant [l] to something closer to to the retroflex lateral approximant, []. Biden met with Ukraine's President Zelenskyy during the visit. Transposing sounds is called "metathesis" in linguistics, and it's pretty common. My job is to really let people speak and be heard. Leila Fadel is an American journalist presently working in Los Angeles, California, United States for NPR as a national correspondent. I mean, it puts you into the shoes of the person telling their story, their home, their daily routine. I do think that as an industry, we have more stories that go deeper, we tell stories with more nuance and sensitivity because we have more and more journalists that are from marginalized groups who have different lived realities involved in conversations about coverage, or in charge of that coverage. People. At an old job, I took over a book of clients from someone else, and I had a meeting with one of them with the last name Cahallan. I wanted to be able to get into this industry to fill that out, to stop making people so two dimensional, especially when it came to conflict in the region. You'll find out about. And I had wonderful, amazing mentors through the process that helped me navigate. (SOUNDBITE OF WMD'S "PETRICHOR") Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. I listened to her the Gracie award telling their story, and you hope somebody listening. 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