Malaka Gharib
Malaka Gharib is the deputy editor and digital strategist on NPR's global health and development team. She covers topics such as the refugee crisis, gender equality and women's health. Her work as part of NPR's reporting teams has been recognized with two Gracie Awards: in 2019 for How To Raise A Human, a series on global parenting, and in 2015 for #15Girls, a series that profiled teen girls around the world.
Gharib is also a cartoonist. She is the artist and author of I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir, about growing up as a first generation Filipino Egyptian American. Her comics have been featured in NPR, Catapult Magazine, The Believer Magazine, The Nib, The New York Times and The New Yorker.
Before coming to NPR in 2015, Gharib worked at the Malala Fund, a global education charity founded by Malala Yousafzai, and the ONE Campaign, an anti-poverty advocacy group founded by Bono. She graduated from Syracuse University with a dual degree in journalism and marketing.
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Researchers interviewed 4,830 men in the Middle East and came to some surprising conclusions. -
The children, all under age 5, died of severe sepsis and toxicity. How could something like this have happened? -
Researchers are split on the issue. We asked our audience to weigh in. -
The name may be silly, but Red Nose Day — which is today — has a serious mission. How do charity evaluators size up this campaign? -
The matter of foreign aid has taken on renewed urgency in the Trump administration. And it turns out it isn't easy to figure out whether it's effective. -
That's how health aid is now allocated in the developing world. Should more money go to old people with chronic diseases? Our audience shares their views.
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Esther Afua Ocloo, a microfinance champion who got her start making marmalade, is the star of today's Google Doodle.
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The State Department has honored Botswana's Malebogo Malefhe as a "woman of courage" for inspiring others to stand up to domestic abuse. -
A report from the U.N. Refugee Agency shows some surprising trends in the world's refugee crisis.
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International Women's Day has taken on a life of its own. Here's how it's celebrated around the world. -
Martin Roemers and his camera traveled to 22 megacities — population 10 million or more — from Lagos to Los Angeles. -
With facts, toys and good humor, the Swedish doctor and statistician helped people understand what numbers tell us about the world.
