Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First. As a national correspondent, Fadel consistently reported on the fault lines of this divided nation. She ...

LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: Maybe you remember Brooke Shields as the face of Calvin Klein Jeans, the sexually exploited child in "Pretty Baby" or the funny lead in the sitcom "Suddenly Susan." ...

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with a mother of eleven who has survived a famine in Somalia brought on by drought and years of conflict. World. Living through famine. June 2, 2025 4:13 AM ET.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Vali Nasr, professor of Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University, about his reaction to U.S. strikes in Iran and the effects this could have on the region.