Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Hadeel al-Shalchi is an editor with Weekend Edition. Prior to joining NPR, Al-Shalchi was a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press and covered the Arab Spring from Tunisia, Bahrain, Egypt, and Libya. In 2012, she joined Reuters as the Libya correspondent where she covered the country post-war and investigated the death of Ambassador Chris Stephens. Al-Shalchi also covered the front lines of Aleppo in 2012. She is fluent in Arabic.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with interior designer and social media content creator Imani Keal about DIY, renter-friendly apartment renovations.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Oxford University scientist Alexandra Morton-Hayward about how some brains are preserved thousands of years after a person's death.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to ICU doctor Nahreen Ahmed about her time visiting hospitals in Gaza.
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The king of crunk speaks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about finding calm and maturity on his new album of guided meditations, simply titled Total Meditation.
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For people living in the Gaza Strip, connecting with the outside world during the war has been incredibly difficult. One telecom company struggles to keep families in touch.
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The Israeli military said it rescued two hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7 from a house in Rafah. It used air strikes as a diversion, killing more than 60 Palestinians, according to health officials.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he remains focused on eliminating Hamas and has ordered plans to be drawn up to evacuate Rafah in order to target militants there.
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Created by cartoonist Naji al-Ali in 1969, Handala is a 10-year-old Palestinian refugee with his back to the world. The war in Gaza has renewed interest in this representation of Palestinian struggle.
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Some of the people injured from this week's attack on a United Nations training facility in Khan Younis are receiving treatment in Rafah.
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There's a rare moment of joy as Palestinians celebrate their national soccer team's win at the Asian Cup, which sends them to the knockout stage.