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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President Trump seems to lose some of his grip on his base as the Department Of Homeland Security shuts down amidst resistance to changes to immigration enforcement.
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Many cities have been digging themselves out of the snow. But where does all of it go?
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President Trump explains how a racist video clip made it into his Truth Social post. A judge rules that his administration cannot block funds for a massive tunnel project under the Hudson river.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author Anne Applebaum about how the U.S. may be headed toward authoritarianism.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to writer Matt Klein about how to win back our attention in an age of infinite information.
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The popularity of Trump's immigration crackdown, and approval of ICE's tactics have dropped. Also, there's fallout from the World Economic Forum, including Trump's new tariff threat against Canada.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to food blogger Adam Gallagher about the dangers of depending on AI for recipe generation.
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A small salon in Jaffa's flea market in Israel has become a safe haven for Palestinians and Jews at a time when tensions have increased.
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Encouraged by a ceasefire brokered between Israel and Hamas in October, Bethlehem brought back its annual Christmas celebrations.
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With a ceasefire in place in Gaza, Bethlehem in the West Bank is resuming its festive Christmas celebrations.