Diaa Hadid
Stories
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Syria's interim government faces a new, serious challenge — bread lines
Bread lines have become a feature of the new Syria, posing a critical challenge to the country's rebel rulers who ousted President Bashar al-Assad last month.
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The Damascus airport is slowly reopening — and showing the cracks in the revolution
The push to reopen Damascus International Airport highlights the challenges facing Syria's new leaders in rebuilding the country.
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Food
A Hindu cookbook writer challenges notions about Indian food
Mashed blood, dried squirrel, spicy fish eggs: A writer from an oppressed Hindu caste publishes a cookbook that he hopes will shatter the notion of a mostly vegetarian India.
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World
With fears about the future, some Syrian women find comfort in beauty parlors
In Damascus beauty parlors, Syrian women hope looking good will help them feel better about a future they fear. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 31, 2024.)
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With fears about the future, some Syrian women find comfort in beauty parlors
In Damascus beauty parlors, Syrian women hope looking good will help them feel better about a future they fear.
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World
NPR international correspondents recount elections in Asia, Africa and the Americas
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Movies
Loved abroad, the Indian movie 'All We Imagine as Light' is snubbed at home
The internationally acclaimed Indian film All We Imagine As Light explores the lives of working women in Mumbai. But in India, it's seen as not Indian enough for the Oscars.
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Assad's fall came too late for one NPR reporter's father
Assad's fall came too late for the father of NPR's Diaa Hadid, who was briefly detained by Syrian forces during their occupation of northern Lebanon.
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Asia
PAKISTAN KHAN PROTESTS
Protesters surged into the capital Islamabad -- amid gunfire and teargas -- as they demanded the release of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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Business
Amazon India workers say they're overworked and mistreated during a brutal heat wave
Amazon India says it ensures breaks and worker safety, but workers tell NPR they're pressured not to stop for water or to use the toilet, especially while processing same-day orders.
