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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The trash was piling up in the gutter. A young man in Nigeria wanted to get local kids to help clean it up. His campaign has gone viral. -
It's a powerful claim: Buy a limited-edition Stella Artois beer glass and part of your money will help provide clean water for someone in the developing world for five years. Does it hold up?
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Is it fair to make a connection between the president's comments and the way aid groups and the media portray poverty? Our readers weigh in. -
Across Twitter, people in the development community were outraged that so few women were named on the list. -
He spoke about topics in the headlines but also voiced concerns about the risks of technology and the need to develop better drugs without worrying about profits. -
After reading our story on "Kenya time," readers shared the rules of punctuality in their countries, from Jamaica to Vietnam. -
These interactive charts, says a World Bank data scientist, paint a "pretty good" picture of the world.
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We profiled some extraordinary women on Goats and Soda this year. They did not let poverty, war or prejudice keep them from pursuing their goals. -
A Comic Relief spot starring the pop singer, raising funds for children in Liberia, was voted the worst charity ad of 2017. Some are saying the criticisms aren't warranted.
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From the 455 global health and development stories we posted on our blog in 2017, here are the top 10, ranked by pageviews.