Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race. Most recently, she was NPR's international correspondent based in Cairo and ...

SUMMERS: Morning Edition's Leila Fadel sat down with Mahdawi inside a Vermont correctional facility for his first interview since being detained as part of a wider interview that will air tomorrow ...

Kulumbegashvili spoke with NPR's Leila Fadel about what inspired her to make her film. The following excerpt has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Leila Fadel: I want to start with what ...

And she joins me now. Elaine, welcome. ELAINE GOLDSMITH-THOMAS: Thanks, Leila. FADEL: So this book is a ride. There's backstabbing, illicit affairs, men using their power to take advantage of women.