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NPR is saying goodbye to Twitter and so am I. Our CEO writes “the platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent.” Find us anywhere else. Find me on instagram @leilafadelnpr

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This week is heavy here @NPR . The layoffs become real and we will lose colleagues who work so hard to put on our programming everyday. We don't know who will go but we know that everyone who is here now... we need them. Tough days ahead.

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Tomorrow on @MorningEdition listen to @Harry_Styles and I discuss his new album #HarrysHouse and how he found his own meaning of home. For a wanderer it's not always a physical place.

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My first day in my new role as co-host of @MorningEdition and @UpFirst is with @NPRinskeep . A decade ago my first day on the air with NPR was also with @NPRinskeep . We spoke on the Nile in Cairo. Thank you for the warm welcome @MorningEdition colleagues.

'Morning Edition' welcomes NPR's Leila Fadel as a new host

The team at Morning Edition welcomes Leila Fadel to the host chair. She's been a correspondent at NPR for a decade.

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So…2022 is going to be a little different. I get to join the incredible @MorningEdition team as a host with @NPRinskeep @rachelnpr and @AMartinezLA . Talk to you soon on your radio or phone, or however you listen. Excuse my rambling, that happens when in EXCITED!

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Big news: @LeilaFadel named @MorningEdition & @UpFirst host, she will join @NPRinskeep @rachelnpr & @AMartinezLA next year!

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The most stunning thing about all of the people coming into Poland from Ukraine…there are hardly any men. With Martial Law in Ukraine they have to stay behind. So women are juggling bags, babies, strollers and children as they (in some cases) walk into Poland.

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After dodging COVID all this time it finally got me in Ukraine. The pandemic is not top of mind for anyone here. People are in a war to save their country from a Russian invasion, thousands of civilians have been killed, the situation is dire.

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Lots of people asking when this interview with @Harry_Styles airs. It's scheduled for 5:51 am EST right now on @MorningEdition . Not an early riser? It will air again two hours later.

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@LeilaFadel @MorningEdition @Harry_Styles WHAT TIME

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Good morning! Today is my one year anniversary at @MorningEdition . So far it’s been a wild ride.

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Overwhelmed by the outpouring of wonderful notes about my new role. Humbled to soon be part of the @MorningEdition team and to get to start my morning with the voices that help us understand the many complicated, sometimes terrifying, sometimes beautiful things in this world.

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After a month reporting in beautiful, heartbreaking Ukraine, we crossed into Poland today. A young man in the same van as us breathed a sigh of relief when border guards accepted the exception paper he carried to allow him to cross despite the ban on 18-60 yr old men leaving.

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War is always so devastating, so unfair. While in Ukraine I thought often of working in Syria, in Iraq, Libya … doing stories on Yemen. The generations of children from these places, from Afghanistan, whose lives were upended by a war brought to them.

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Hey @dhsgov and @tsa when are you going to stop secondary screening me when I fly domestically, including writing down what I’m wearing? Also when are you going to stop questioning me upon entry into the U.S.? You know everything about my by now. It’s been a few years.

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“Police all over the country teargassed protestors, drove vehicles through crowds, opened fire with non-lethal rounds on journalists or people on their own property, & in at least one instance, pushed over an elderly man who was walking away with a cane.”

Police Erupt in Violence Nationwide

From New York to Los Angeles, police officers escalated the national unrest.

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Good afternoon! Waiting @DFWAirport as the @TSA fills out their paperwork on me and what I look like. My build is the same as it was three days ago as are my shoes. But today my jacket is a blue jean. A thread below on what’s been happening.

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Without the NYT's deep investigation into the U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan that killed ten people from the same family it's unlikely we would have seen this admission by the Pentagon today. The entire strike was deemed a "tragic mistake." The man targeted posed no threat.

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"NPR stands for freedom of speech and holding the powerful accountable. It is unacceptable for Twitter to label us this way. A vigorous, vibrant free press is essential to the health of our democracy."

Twitter labels NPR's account as 'state-affiliated media,' which is untrue

NPR operates independently of the U.S. government. NPR has asked Twitter to remove the label, calling it "unacceptable." But Twitter CEO Elon Musk says it "seems accurate."

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Can’t check in online for my flight tomorrow. This usually means I’m flagged for extra screening and I’m greeted and questioned by @DHSgov at the airport back home. Let’s see if I’m wrong this time 🥴

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We must cover all of them with the same compassion. All of these wars are tragedies, life doesn’t have different value depending on location.

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Currently eating breakfast and having coffee at 2 am. I guess this is the life of @MorningEdition . My night owl sensibilities are screaming 😮🤣. I'll take any and all tips from my colleagues @MorningEdition and anyone else that works irregular hours!!

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On the train to Lviv, Ukraine. Those traveling on this train from Poland are going back to get loved ones or “defend them.”

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A good read to read again as we watch the tight race in Georgia. Stacey Abrams’s Fight for a Fair Vote via @NewYorker

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Back in studio this morning. Talk to you all soon on @MorningEdition

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Day one done! So many great conversations from the self-proclaimed rock nerd who is headed to space to the deputy national security advisor on Ukraine. Shall we try this again tomorrow?

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"Being American is more than a pride we inherit, it's the past we step into and how we repair it." - Amanda Gorman

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I've been at NPR ten years according to this email I just got congratulating me on the milestone. When did that happen? I thought I was new here.

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In Dallas, Hungary's PM will address CPAC. Viktor Orbán has been embraced in some conservative circles as a leader to emulate. He's also a man that days ago said "We do not want to become people of mixed race." A senior aide called the speech "a pure Nazi text" and quit.

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I don't know who needs to hear this AGAIN but hummus = chickpeas. Thank you. With that, it's time for me to go to bed.

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For nearly 30 years Mohsen Lihidheb has collected whatever the waves washed up in the Tunisian city of Zarzis. First t it was bottles, rubbish. Then it was shoes, some with money still tucked inside. Maybe a person stashing cash on a treacherous journey to try to get to Europe.

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Reunited with @MorningEdition OG and all around wonderful human @nprgreene . @ArezouRezvani @GPublic and I ran into him at a drop off point for refugees where people find help and rides to other destinations.

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You can also play the @Harry_Styles interview anytime you want on our apps @NPRone or on our website once it has aired. Don’t worry, you do NOT have to get up at 5 am. I’ll be up though…if you want to tune in.

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We are safe! There have been a bunch of sirens today. Unusual to have them in the middle of the day like this. But all is well.

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I mean @rachelnpr that speech has 88 views! I think that's the definition of going viral, right? When Harry said he watched it I did actually die 🤯

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.God. This exchange just aired. Harry Styles tells @LeilaFadel that he watched her recent commencement address online. Leila says - ��We’re here to talk about you. No one ever asks me questions.” Harry - “I have a list.” And now I’m dying.

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I know you all are just starting your morning, but I've been up for hours. All of those hours I've been CONVINCED it was Friday. Just figured out that it is NOT Friday.

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A brief, properly distant talk with ⁦ @LeilaFadel ⁩, who just relocated to DC - the first time we’ve seen each other since she became co-host of ⁦ @MorningEdition ⁩ ⁦ @UpFirst ⁩ ⁦ @NPR ⁩

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There is something so awful and familiar about watching yet another population flee war. As Ukrainians finally arrive in Poland they find treats and food waiting for them at the train station. A little girl with a popsicle patterned backpack picks out a chocolate bar.

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Good morning from Kyiv. I’ll be talking to my co-hosts @MorningEdition about the city this morning.

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After three hours at over five different stops in the airport for a covid test, forms, QR codes, more forms, a wait for a positive or negative result and immigration we’re finally here! NPR’s team covering #Olympics2020 is in Tokyo.

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One of the stories in our first hour today is titled “FLORIDA BANS WHITE DISCOMFORT.” 😳 @MorningEdition It’s coming up.

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People find ways of adapting in war because they have no other choice. They search for moments of normalcy, despite the war around them. Board games in bomb shelters. A man breaking out his best blazer for a walk to a cafe. Our story from Kyiv is on @MorningEdition tomorrow.

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Somehow this clip isn't everywhere with @AudieCornish telling Don Lemon she heard him say a woman's prime is in their 20s, 30s and "maybe 40s." Then she set him straight multiple times. Man I miss her @NPR

Don Lemon Talks About Nikki Haley Again

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First Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh was killed and then Israeli Police attacked those mourning her. Let her rest in peace.

Killing of Palestinian Journalist: Israeli Police Attack Mourners at Palestinian Journalist’s...

Video showed police officers in Jerusalem beating and kicking mourners next to the coffin of Shireen Abu Akleh, an Al Jazeera reporter who was killed on Wednesday, forcing one to the ground.

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Many listeners reached out after hearing Safia Munye's story. They wanted to help. Now, people have rallied around her and donated enough for her to rebuild. #GeorgeFloydProtests

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It's a good day when you get to vent about the atrocities being done to hummus with someone else who just gets it. Had a great time chatting with @realmoamer on @MorningEdition about his new show.

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A pile of thank you notes in the corner of a now empty EMW Women’s Surgical Clinic. It was virtually the only place to get abortion care in KY. At 10:30 am on Friday it closed its doors. Performing an abortion became a Class D felony.

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If you depend on NPR to help make sense of things, consider supporting your local station at a tough time. “NPR Cuts Pay and Benefits After the Outbreak Widens Its Deficit.”

NPR Cuts Pay and Benefits After the Outbreak Widens Its Deficit

National Public Radio is cutting pay and benefits in a bid to “save jobs and support the future of NPR” after the coronavirus pandemic ballooned its projected losses to as much as $53 million over...

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About an hour and a half into @MorningEdition the sun comes up and everything seems possible. Happy Thursday.

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This July 4th we break with tradition. Instead of a reading of the Declaration of Independence @NPRinskeep examines what equality means and has meant in this document. Important segment about our past and future...produced by @marcarivers and @bgordemer

On this July 4th, what does equality mean?

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning historians discuss the history of the Declaration of Independence and the founding principle, "All men are created equal."

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Happy Monday! I spent Sunday reading in the sun and took a walk in the beautiful DC weather ( beautiful for this moment). There is a lot of ugly in the world, but there's joy and beauty as well.

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What a year it's been! My first as host of @MorningEdition and @UpFirst . As I look forward to 2023 I think of the incredible and difficult moments of the last year.

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“This is not what we fought for" -- When Muslims got blocked at American airports, U.S. veterans rushed to help

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Did I eat peanut butter ice cream to break my fast yesterday? Maybe...some days it's what you need.

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Can’t wait to join you and @MorningEdition . Somebody pinch me.

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News: @NPR named our colleague @leilafadel as a new co-host of @MorningEdition . Much excitement at a staff meeting just now. She's reported with distinction from all over: from Iraq to Egypt, and LA to Minneapolis. Here’s her soon-to-be-updated bio:

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Felt like I should share, since I sound so stuffy on air this morning.

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My colleagues making sure they keep reporting in the dark. I’m on a plane to Poland to meet up with @ArezouRezvani and @GPublic . We’ll head to the border and eventually into Ukraine to join this team of correspondents trying to document what seems to be just the beginning.

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⁦ @ElBeardsley ⁩ & ⁦ @yawnstewart ⁩ broadcasting @npratc at 4:06 from Ukraine on first day of Russian invasion.

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Ok...it's time to get to the weekend. I just stumbled over my OWN name.

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Volodymyr Karavinsky is 13. He and his family were ambushed as they fled their neighborhood outside of Kyiv in the early days of the war. Volodymyr’s father was killed, his little cousin Maxim was also killed. He survived with multiple wounds. He’s been through many surgeries.

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"East Jerusalem is occupied and annexed. Palestinians who live in East Jerusalem don’t have a police force, they’re not citizens of the country, they’re kind of at the will of the police force," @MairavZ of the @crisisgroup says in an interview about the situation in Jerusalem.

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I. Love. This. I often ask myself the same question. What’s Leila Fadel? 🤣

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My 3-year-old on the way to school today while listening to @NPR : (During a story mentioning space): What’s an alien? (During @StoryCorps episode about a transplant patient): But where’d she get a new heart from? (As @LeilaFadel reporter on Ukraine): What’s Leila Fadel?

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Good morning! Filling in again on @MorningEdition and this time I get to co-host with @NPRinskeep for the first time! We talk #Nashville , the new #Covid19 strain arriving in the U.S. and much more. Tune in.

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It's Friday. I'll be on vacation for the next ten days. No mass killings, or political violence while I'm away or when I get back. Thank you.

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I love this picture and the bond between these four. We’ll miss you @AudieCornish . It might be your last day on @NPR but I can’t wait to see what’s ahead. I know you’ll shine.

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We have each other’s backs. @AudieCornish , whatever you do next, wherever you go, I’ll have yours. Good luck & go get ‘em. /END

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Eid Mubarak! Hope it’s blessed and filled with daytime coffees.

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Confession. I’m very afraid of dogs and that makes people think I’m mean. I’m not, it’s a phobia. But it also feels very dangerous to take my trash out in case the neighbor opens their door and their dogs run up to say hi. I interpret that as the dog trying to kill me.

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It’s coming! ⁦⁦Excited to listen to ‘First Person.’ It’s the new podcast hosted by the talented @lourdesgnavarro ⁩. That voice is back on June 9 🔥💜

Opinion | Introducing ‘First Person,’ a New Podcast From New York Times Opinion (Published 2022)

Every opinion starts with a story.

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It’s easy to be cruel on the internet. Maybe get up and do something else?

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How lucky am I? My first show with @rachelnpr !!! Everything seems right in the world...other than, you know, all the things that are not. We'll discuss that on the show.

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Good Wednesday morning to you and it IS good because it's my first show with our new co-host @LeilaFadel ! Just hearing her voice instantly makes me happy. :)

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Honored to be headed to my alma mater to give the graduate commencement address. @Northeastern I started learning the skills I needed to become a journalist. It also taught me how to actually GET A JOB in the field.

Award-winning NPR journalist Leila Fadel to deliver Northeastern’s graduate Commencement address

Fadel, an NPR reporter, will deliver Northeastern University’s graduate student Commencement address on Friday, May 13, at 10 a.m.

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Since the day I met you on a plane from Baghdad to Basra in 2005 I’ve admired your strength, empathy and kindness. You uplift, you empower the unheard to find their voice. @NPR won’t be the same without you. But your presence is here in the people you lifted up along the way.

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In 2004, I joined @NPR as Mexico City correspondent and I have been so lucky to have been given so many opportunities by this amazing organization. Yes, I've covered calamities and conflicts, but also the explosions of joy and incandescent bravery that mark the human spirit..

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It’s hard to leave this place when so many more stories must be told. But we have incredible @npr teams on the ground for that. Follow @lmigaki @NathanRott @ElissaNadworny @jasonbnpr @becsully @IMatviyishyn @seekyivcom @EAfanasiev and listen to the work.

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Definitely never started a show this way before…

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At 4:31 ET, we're preparing for @MorningEdition and @UpFirst co-hosted by @LeilaFadel in Lviv, Ukraine - who is figuring out how best to file from a bomb shelter. Air raid warnings are sounding; Russian missiles are hitting cities in western Ukraine today.

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Highlight of my career? Getting to host with @nprgreene on his last two days. We’re going to miss him tons. He’s a great newsman and an even better human.

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🤣🤣🤣…range?

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Years ago an @NPR manager told me a news program host should be "willing to do absolutely anything" to get a story across. Early this year, @LeilaFadel moved amid Ukrainian cities under fire. And this morning, she sings the refrain from "Sesame Street." @MorningEdition

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The most difficult part is you are basically told you don’t get to know why you are being treated this way, what they’re looking for and why you’re on some watchlist with @CBP @DHSgov and @TSA . For people with names like mine, backgrounds like mine this happens a lot.

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Today @NoelKing leaves our airwaves to make audio magic somewhere else. Hearing her voice in the morning was part of my routine. Genuine, funny, smart. We’ll miss you Noel!

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I should add this largely stopped domestically for the last couple years but not internationally. I guess my trip to Tokyo to cover the Olympics for @npr triggered a new round of secondary screening for my domestic trips. Hopefully it’ll stop soon.

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I bought all this food because of coronavirus...then I ate 100 taquitos. I feel like that’s not the way to prepare...

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None of this work would have been possible without our Ukrainian colleagues who helped us navigate their nation in its most traumatic moments, in their most traumatic moments.

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Usually I don’t love a Monday. But today @NPRMichel officially joins us! Are you listening??

Morning Edition

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It's Monday, which means it's @NPRMichel 's first day in the host seat! She joins @NPRinskeep & @LeilaFadel in D.C. and @AMartinezLA in LA. You can hear them on Morning Edition — today and every day — through your local NPR station, or the NPR One app.

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Ok. Boarding my flight home now after a family visit. Got two thorough pat downs, a search of my things and my hands and belongings were tested for chemicals. I never wear face cream or sunscreen on travel days in case the chemicals set off the alarms.

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Today I was back at my alma mater to address a class of graduates as they begin a new path in this world. A true honor to speak to the @Northeastern class of 2022 earning graduate and doctorate degrees. And, I’m now a doctor! At least an honorary one. Go Huskies!

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Good morning! It's Friday. Feels like it took so long to get here this week. So long.

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Humbled to be included in @michelleruiz piece on women defining or maybe it's redefining coverage of war. The other women quoted here I truly admire @clarissaward @stavernise @lynseyaddario @IsobelYeung and @janinedigi via @voguemagazine

How Female Correspondents Are Defining War Coverage in Ukraine

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Honored to be in such good company on this list.

Arab News

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#MediaPowerList : Lebanese-American @LeilaFadel , a national correspondent at @npr , comes in 6th despite not being an anchor; her experience in the Middle East and in the field places her among the top list

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“There is no more time for thinking. Leave!...Save your lives so as not to become cheap labor for the Russians." Ukrainian officials implore citizens to leave as the Russian offensive picks up in the east. @yarotrof has been doing consistently illuminating work.

Yaroslav Trofimov

@yarotrof

2 years

Ukraine implores remaining civilians to flee from Donetsk and Luhansk regions before it’s too late as the Russian offensive picks up. My latest from Donbas, where Russian forces seized Kreminna and are pushing toward Slovyansk.

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Leila Fadel

@LeilaFadel

2 years

In the month we reported in Ukraine @ArezouRezvani @GPublic and I tried to give listeners a taste of the fear, defiance and devastation war brings to people. The choices people must make to live. The choices people don’t have when battles happen around them.

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Leila Fadel

@LeilaFadel

3 years

This is why a journalist like @AymanM is so vital in this industry. The job is to ask the challenging questions and demand answers and accountability.

Justin Baragona

@justinbaragona

3 years

MSNBC's Ayman Mohyeldin challenged a former Israeli ambassador: "What do you say to the international community who does not recognize Israel’s sovereignty over East Jerusalem and says what you’re doing to families like his and others is possibly a war crime?"

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Leila Fadel

@LeilaFadel

1 year

Team @MorningEdition just landed in Tunisia. With parliamentary elections on the horizon we’re looking at the state of democracy in this North African nation that inspired a wave of revolts across the region demanding change. Follow our reporting journey here and on @npr

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Leila Fadel

@LeilaFadel

2 years

In Kyiv @lmigaki and @DannyHajek produced @ArezouRezvani and my work from afar. Thank you for taking such special care of the experiences people shared with us to share with the world.

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Leila Fadel

@LeilaFadel

2 years

Lina Abu Akleh is the face of a global campaign to get justice and accountability for her aunt, Shireen Abu Akleh, a journalist killed while covering an Israeli raid. She spoke to us after being named one of Time's 100 emerging leaders for her advocacy.

The family of slain Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh demands justice

It's been over five months since Abu Akleh was killed on the job, most likely by Israeli forces. Her niece tells Morning Edition about her aunt's legacy and her family's campaign for accountability.

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Leila Fadel

@LeilaFadel

4 years

Thank you! Some hear an "n" and think I'm saying Falden rather than that "dh" sound. I remember doing my first sign off for @NPR years ago and deciding "Ok, I'm going to pronounce my family name correctly." People have been asking how to say it ever since 😂

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Leila Fadel

@LeilaFadel

2 years

The war crept closer this morning. We spent over three hours in a bomb shelter as Russian missiles struck a military base west of Lviv, near the border with Poland. Reports of at least eight dead and 57 wounded.

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Leila Fadel

@LeilaFadel

3 years

Especially at border entry points where our rights are limited. Even though I know I do nothing wrong, the treatment makes you feel angry and defensive. How many times do I have to answer the same qs? The only things that’s changed in 4 years is my hair, my weight and my age.

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Leila Fadel

@LeilaFadel

4 years

It’s early here in LA! But I should be wide awake by 8 am eastern to start @NPRWeekend . Excited to be back with this team. @nprscottsimon is off this week. 📸 by @stu_rush

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Leila Fadel

@LeilaFadel

5 years

Thank you.

Omar Offendum • عمر أفندم

@Offendum

5 years

When @LeilaFadel pronounces her name in #Arabic at the end of her news segments on @NPR , it is one of the subtlest forms of representation/ validation in media I get to enjoy these days ... Yes, it’s the little (big) things.

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Leila Fadel

@LeilaFadel

2 years

Trump could've released the search warrant on Mar-a-Lago himself, but he didn't. Now, AG Garland has asked for the warrant to be unsealed in the midst of violent rhetoric. That rhetoric inspired an attack on the Cincinnati FBI office. That was Thursday. Today? We'll see.

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Leila Fadel

@LeilaFadel

2 years

Not sure what to tell you. I just say my name like I say my name. My colleagues do a pretty close approximation and I think it's great. Thanks for listening!

James Ford

@jamesfordtv

2 years

This puzzles me, too (of course). @NPR @LeilaFadel

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Leila Fadel

@LeilaFadel

3 years

I put in freedom of information requests for myself from @cbp and @DHSgov but there are huge exceptions over national security. I got nothing that provided any information about what list I’m on or why. Everything is opaque. It makes travel uncomfortable.

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Leila Fadel

@LeilaFadel

2 years

With news of the nearly 36-hour curfew ahead in Kyiv our reporting trip was cut short. Our @MorningEdition team moved back out west.

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