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Anger and sadness about the state of Gaza dominate at Hitteen refugee camp in Jordan

Friday, November 10, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly visits the Hitteen U.N. Refugee camp for Palestinians in Zarqa, Jordan, and talks to residents about the war between Israel and Hamas.

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Who's to blame for the war between Israel and Hamas? Jordanian women look to America

Friday, November 10, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with four women who are social influencers in Amman, Jordan — where the majority of the population is of Palestinian origin — about their thoughts on the war in Israel.

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The Israel-Hamas war is at risk of spreading out into the Middle East

Thursday, November 09, 2023

Concern about a spread of the Israel-Hamas war ripples across the Middle East - as does growing anger at the U.S. for supporting Israel.

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Far from Gaza, the war between Israel and Hamas upends lives

Wednesday, November 08, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports from the occupied West Bank on how Israeli military and settlers hassle Palestinian farmers as they try to pick their olive harvest. The report takes a dramatic turn.

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Shopkeepers in Jerusalem face difficulties in sustaining their businesses

Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Shopkeepers are struggling to keep their businesses alive inside Jerusalem following the Oct. 7 attacks.

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E.J. Koh's debut novel covers generations, wars and geopolitical upheaval

Monday, November 06, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author E.J. Koh about her novel, The Liberators. In the story, families immigrate to the United States when Korea divides in two.

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Israel's spy agency is one of the best. How did it not foresee Hamas' attacks?

Monday, November 06, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former Mossad agent Sima Shine about the intelligence failure that the Oct. 7 attacks represent for security services in Israel.

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The view inside Gaza — from an American citizen who just left

Monday, November 06, 2023

Qassem Ali is one of the few people allowed to leave Gaza since the conflict with Israel began more than four weeks ago. He describes the anger and sadness he felt as he left.

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Advocates are in D.C. to make the case that freeing hostages should be top priority

Thursday, October 26, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Noam Peri, daughter of one of the hostages taken by Hamas, and human rights advocate Irwin Cotler. They're in Washington to make the case to prioritize freeing hostages.

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Egyptian aid group head says the amount of aid going to Gaza is 'a drop in the ocean'

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Mohsen Sarhan, the CEO of the Egyptian Food Bank, about the situation at the Rafah crossing, where some aid is being allowed into Gaza.

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The situation in Gaza from a doctor on the ground

Monday, October 09, 2023

Dr. Medhat Abbas, Gaza's Health Ministry director general, said his hospital was already short on medical supplies and medications. Now, with military strikes that have killed hundreds, it's worse.

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U.S. women dominate world gymnastic championships

Friday, October 06, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with editor in chief of Gymnastics Now Patricia Duffy, who is in Belgium for the World Gymnastics Championships, about the U.S. record-breaking win and notable gymnasts.

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Harvesting water from fog and air in Kenya with jerrycans and newfangled machines

Friday, October 06, 2023

Fog harvesting has long been a method of collecting water around the world. As climate change makes water harder and harder to find, technology is making it easier to pull water from the air.

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Health care staffing and burnout are helping drive strikes, Kaiser union leader says

Wednesday, October 04, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Caroline Lucas, the executive director of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, about how more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers have begun a three-day strike.

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Novel 'The Covenant of Water' tells of a family in India haunted by a medical mystery

Thursday, August 31, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the author Abraham Verghese about his new novel The Covenant of Water in which a family in India is haunted by a medical mystery.

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With her her 8th U.S. Championship win, Simone Biles is still the gymnastics GOAT

Monday, August 28, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with writer Camonghne Felix about how Simone Biles won her eighth U.S. Championship Sunday night — a record — 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport.

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5 things to know about Japan's Fukushima water release in the Pacific

Thursday, August 24, 2023

The water comes from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Although most scientists agree it does not pose an immediate environmental threat, some are worried about the long-term consequences.

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Yellowknife residents wonder if wildfires are the new normal as western Canada burns

Saturday, August 19, 2023

Nearly all 20,000 residents of Yellowknife, the capital city of the Northwest Territories, have evacuated, while thousands more in neighboring British Columbia have fled, too.

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Life in Afghanistan two years after the Taliban's takeover

Friday, August 18, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Fazelminallah Qazizai, a journalist and NPR's producer in Afghanistan, about life in the country two years after the Taliban took over.

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Niger coup leaders charge deposed president for treason, deepening worry for region

Monday, August 14, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with researcher Andrew Lebovich about the aftermath of the coup in Niger, where leaders of the military say they will prosecute the country's deposed president for treason.

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