--- title: "4 Leila Fadel Quotes - Famous Journalist" description: "American journalist... | Leila Fadel is a Lebanese American journalist and the cohost of National Public Radio's Morning Edition, a role she assumed in ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/leila-fadel-69886_cairo_both-of-these-places-cairo-s-downtown-an_25485.jpg" --- # Leila Fadel (1981) Journalist **4** quotes in **76** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Leila Fadel is a journalist. ## Quick Facts About Leila Fadel Born January 1, 1981 Profession Journalist ## About Leila Fadel American journalist... \| Leila Fadel is a Lebanese American journalist and the cohost of National Public Radio's Morning Edition, a role she assumed in 2022. She was previously the network's Cairo bureau chief. Fadel has chiefly worked in the Middle East, and received a George Polk Award for her coverage of the Iraq War. Sh ## Quotes by Leila Fadel > [Both of these places, Cairo's downtown and Tahrir Square, are in the heart of downtown Cairo. They are places where young people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-fadel/both-of-these-places-cairo-s-downtown-and-tahrir-square-are-in-the/) Leila Fadel [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/leila-fadel-69886_cairo_both-of-these-places-cairo-s-downtown-an_25485.jpg) > [In some cases, people are silent; they're being complacent. But we're also seeing people speak out against some of these raids, these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-fadel/in-some-cases-people-are-silent-they-re-being-complacent-but-we-re/) Leila Fadel [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/leila-fadel-69886_agency_in-some-cases-people-are-silent-they-re_1700509.jpg) > [Well, human rights defenders, freedom of speech advocates, lawyers that we spoke to said this is really an expansion. After the military…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-fadel/well-human-rights-defenders-freedom-of-speech-advocates-lawyers-that/) Leila Fadel [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/leila-fadel-69886_air_well-human-rights-defenders-freedom-of-s_1773415.jpg) > [We saw, then, journalists and researchers being arrested. And so this is sort of the latest expansion they say - cultural targets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-fadel/we-saw-then-journalists-and-researchers-being-arrested-and-so-this-is/) Leila Fadel [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/leila-fadel-69886_arrested_we-saw-then-journalists-and-researchers_2037270.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-fadel/#itemlist", "name": "Leila Fadel Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Both of these places, Cairo's downtown and Tahrir Square, are in the heart of downtown Cairo. They are places where young people gather to exchange political and cultural ideas. 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