https://www.reddit.com/r/NPR/comments/3poqjk/leila_fadel_pronunciation/. hide caption. And if you're able to experience it in real life, I'm sure it would paint a completely different perspective for you. MOHAMED HASHEM: (Non-English language spoken). Previously, 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. And so for me, it's really checking assumptions at the door, and not assuming that people in power tell the truth, right? The French 'fromage' is from the Latin 'formaticus'. MARTIN: She also watched the effects of the city's struggle over policing. I've had people just record their journey back and forth to work, for example, when I was doing a story on an activist in Cairo he recorded his bike ride for me. I'm really excited. Maybe now you will, too! So I had this very small town childhood, but I also went to school with people from the Philippines and Argentina and the U.S. and Jordan, Pakistan, so many places. I think for me, it's really listening. February 24, 2023 One year to the day after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the country is transformed. And at NPR, you can do that audibly. Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race. The Supreme Court will hear challenges to the student loan relief plan. Unfortunately, this device does not support voice recording, Click the record button again to finish recording. This nation has the same societal problems that every society struggles with, societal divisions on what is and isn't important, who gets protection and who doesn't, who lives with privilege and who doesn't, who has access to power and who doesn't and the daunting questions about how to address these issues. Because those were the moments when I was the most scared. What's ahead as the war enters its second year and how are Ukrainians thinking about the future? Oops! We rely on readers like you to support the local, national, and international coverage on this website. No doubt you already know Leila's name because she's been at NPR as a correspondent for a decade. But depending on your race, your political ideology, people are deciding to live in specific places. I lived there because my father worked for ARAMCO. And for me, covering these revolts was so interesting because in many places, people had never had a voice in their government before. You know, I spent so much time in Cairo, which is this absolutely thriving, cosmopolitan city that's always awake. Now her job is to help make sense of all stories as one of our co-hosts. I lived in a very small town and went to a very small school. 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. Job Title: Host, Morning Edition & Up First, Where you're from: "Does that answer have to be one place?". The country is also rapidly expanding its renewable energy as well. Host Leila Fadel takes stock of the war and where it stands. Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race. Congrats! I'm still digesting it. And it's really hard for people to know what's true and what's not true. I love NPR. FADEL: "Art," he says, "comes from our history.". She was born in 1981 in Lebanon and now lives in the United States. What are you looking most forward to in the new role? We'll also look back at NPR's reporting from Ukraine over the past year. AFP via Getty Images [1][2] Fadel has chiefly worked in the Middle East, and received a George Polk Award for her coverage of the Iraq War. She'd been a war correspondent in Iraq and now was covering an uprising in Egypt. That's why I'm so excited about this platform. This is a show that allows us to really try to hear people, seriously hear them, and put them in context. MARTINEZ: And here, she covered major news of a democracy redefining itself. [6][7][8] The next day, Fadel and Davidson were released, but placed under house arrest at a hotel. Before that, she worked as a middle east correspondent for The Washington Post in Baghdad, Iraq. Leila Fadel is a Lebanese-American journalist who speaks conversational Arabic and was raised in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. And although a lot of people like to talk about that region as this monolithic place, it is so different from country to country. She covers issues of race, culture, and diversity. Which lesson that you've learned throughout your entire career do you think has been most imperative to your success? Her stories brought us 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. And I remember, I took my first job in Fort Worth, Texas, as a night cops reporter covering crime in suburban Fort Worth. And I think we're going to continue to do that. She was previously the network's Cairo bureau chief. [10], My goal is to find the missing voices, the ones I heard on the streets of Beirut and Saudi Arabia but which were often missing in American media Great journalism is the ability to capture moments in time, weave them together, and tell the story of all people without condescension, without judgment and without an agenda.[3]. Previously, 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. Prior to her position as Cairo Bureau Chief for the Post, she covered the Iraq war for nearly five years with Knight Ridder, McClatchy Newspapers, and later the Washington Post. This is from an NPR story in 2012. China permitted more coal power plants last year than any time in the last 7 years, Psychologist Daniel Levitin dissects Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon', In Ukraine, evidence mounts of Russian war crimes, Malcom X's family is suing the CIA, FBI and NYPD, What Ukrainians are expecting, one year after Russia invaded, Malcolm X's family will file a $100 million lawsuit alleging a coverup of his death, Biden marks anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine with a speech in Warsaw, Putin addresses his nation as Russia's invasion of Ukraine nears the 1-year mark, Biden makes an unannounced trip to Kyiv and offers more support to Ukraine, President Biden makes an unannounced trip to Ukraine's capital. After a particularly hard day, we would blast music in the office and dance around. I mean, it puts you into the shoes of the person telling their story, their home, their daily routine. Copyright. During the massacre, the police shot into crowds of people to clear them and killed more than 1,000 people. I had a wonderful mentor and dear friend who died in Syria, Anthony Shadid. And Leila gets to start. R. Polk award in 2007. That was normal. Leila Fadel is a Lebanese American journalist currently working as a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Chicago's mayor faces a tough reelection bid. FADEL: Have you been watching the trial, Pastor? Covering the Middle East at the time that I covered it, after I moved from Iraq to Egypt, was a time of uprisings in the region that people refer to as the Arab Spring. I also was there during the first Gulf War, when I was 10 or 11, and CNN for the first time was being broadcast in Saudi Arabia and I do remember watching. Pronunciation of Fadel Fadel with 1 audio pronunciations 0 rating Record the pronunciation of this word in your own voice and play it to listen to how you have pronounced it. U.S. jury convicts Mexico's ex-public security head of taking cartel bribes. The majority of my time was spent in the Middle East. All right, listeners to this program are hearing a new co-host today. All public radio fans welcome. Her foreign coverage of the devastating human toll of the Iraq war earned her the George. I love public media. Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race. So I have a lot of hope for the future of NPR. 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. There she covered the wave of revolts in the Middle East and their aftermaths in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. 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. Israeli and Palestinian officials agreed to cool tensions but then: chaos. So what would you go back and tell your younger self? I'd always loved to tell stories, mostly fiction, actually. Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race. 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. And so for storytelling purposes, I really found that joyful, to be able to bring that to our airwaves and also really educate people, because I think there is a tendency, especially in a region like the Middle East, to make some assumptions, like somehow these people are more prone to violence. And Leila gets to start. hide caption. No matter what's happening around you, people get married. I think it's an incredible medium, and I think that we need to be better in certain ways and we're working towards that. The same way you say Sade as Sharday. Since you have exceeded your time limit, your recording has been stopped. March 1, 2023 A new report finds China granted permits for many new coal power plants last year. And I felt when I watched coverage of the Gulf War or the civil war in Lebanon, I felt like I didn't see people that looked or sounded like me or people I knew. [9], She covered the Arab Spring and its aftermaths in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, and Syria for the Washington Post. Leila Fadel (born 1981) is a Lebanese American journalist and the cohost of National Public Radio 's Morning Edition, a role she assumed in 2022. Her coverage also included stories of human smugglers in Egypt and the Syrian families desperate and willing to pay to risk their lives and cross a turbulent ocean for Europe. You'll find out about. We just all were very different and came from very different cultural backgrounds. Photo by Mike Morgan for NPR. Prior to her position as Cairo Bureau Chief for the Post, she covered the Iraq war for nearly five years with Knight Ridder, McClatchy Newspapers, and later the Washington Post. Because maybe something will bring a person to life in the place that they live or work. A new report finds China granted permits for many new coal power plants last year. And I think that's fascinating and dangerous and interesting, and I want to explore that. 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