Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

Alyan, the author of two novels and five poetry collections, spoke with Morning Edition about her debut memoir. This interview was edited for length and clarity. Leila Fadel: Why were you taking stock ...

In her debut memoir, acclaimed Palestinian American novelist and poet Hala Alyan describes her journey of exile, surrogacy and finding home.

LEILA FADEL, HOST: Through fragments of history - memory, grief and hope - author and psychologist Hala Alyan braids together the story of her life and the start of another.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Michael Shaikh about his new book "The Last Sweet Bite," which explores the effects of violence on cuisines in conflict zones.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Michael Shaikh about his new book "The Last Sweet Bite," which explores the effects of violence on cuisines in conflict zones.

The latest batch of inductees to the Radio Hall of Fame are out, including NPR's very own Scott Simon. Before he hosted "Weekend Edition," he started with NPR in 1977 as Chicago bureau chief.

LEILA FADEL, HOST: A new study estimates that the U.S. Agency for International Development has helped save more than 90 million lives in the past two decades. This on the agency's last official day.

LAist’s watchdog correspondent Nick Gerda won the L.A. Press Club’s Online Journalist of the Year award for his investigative work that uncovered the scandal involving former O.C. Supervisor ...