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

I think pregnancy notoriously is like a period of waiting and taking stock, but in my case, it was waiting for something to happen in someone else's body. And that tension started to really echo for ...

Palestinian American writer Hala Alyan finds home and motherhood in a new memoir By Leila Fadel Published July 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM CDT Listen • 7:05 ...

NPR speaks with Palestinian American author and poet Hala Alyan about her new memoir, "I'll Tell You When I'm Home," in which she shares the experience of motherhood via surrogacy.

FADEL: And you end the book with Leila's birth. Tell me what that was like. ALYAN: I had rehearsed also in my mind for years the moment of birthing.

Fadel: You end the book with Leila's birth, tell me what that was like. Alyan: I had rehearsed also in my mind for years the moment of birthing.

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. The memoir is called "I'll ...

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 ...

NPR speaks with Palestinian American author and poet Hala Alyan {HAHL-uh ahl-YAHN} about her new memoir, "I'll Tell You When I'm Home," in which she shares the experience of motherhood via surrogacy.