Lecture Program
maryse and ramzy mikhail memorial lecture
An Evening with Leila Fadel
Co-Host of National Public Radio's (NPR) Morning Edition program and the podcast, Up First
Monday, Sept. 9, 2024
McQuade Law Auditorium
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Program
welcome
Melissa Gregory, Ph.D., Dean, College of Arts and Letters
introduction
Laila Waggoner
presentation
Leila Fadel
q&a to follow
Dr. Gaby Semaan, Moderator
Concluding remarks
Dean Melissa Gregory
about the speaker
Leila Fadel
Before hosting “Morning Edition” and “Up First,” Fadel served as NPR’s international correspondent based in Cairo, where she covered the Arab Spring and its aftermath throughout the Middle East. Fadel was awarded the Lowell Thomas Award from the Overseas Press Club for her coverage of the 2013 coup in Egypt. In 2016, Fadel was named the Council on Foreign Relations Edward R. Murrow Fellow. Her series, "Muslims in America: A New Generation," produced in collaboration with National Geographic, won the prestigious Goldziher Prize in 2019. In 2007, Fadel won the George Polk Award for her international coverage of the Iraq war, which she undertook with Knight Ridder, McClatchy Newspapers, and the Washington Post.
Learn more about Fadel at NPR. https://www.npr.org/people/158988722/leila-fadel
about the maryse and ramzy mikhail memorial lecture
The Mikhail Endowment Fund was originally established through a donation from the Mikhail family to honor the work and contributions of Maryse Mikhail and her involvement in educational, philanthropic and interfaith organizations. The main purpose of the fund is to support an annual lecture dealing with Arab culture, history, politics, economics, and other aspects of life in the Middle East including issues of peace and justice. More information about the Lecture Series is available at mikhaillecture.com/.
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