Fadel

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Vanessa Williamson of the Brookings institution.

There’s a small department attached to the architecture school at the Islamic University, but that’s it,” said Fadel al-Atul, Gaza’s foremost archaeologist.

FADEL: That's Amy Vames of Highland Park, N.J. Thanks for playing The Puzzle.

FADEL: That's Stephen Fowler of Georgia Public Broadcasting.

LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: So it's an extremist group.

NPR's Leila Fadel - we also heard from NPR's Mara Liasson - giving us some context and analysis after what was an incredibly contentious first presidential debate last night.

FADEL: Backlash like this is something Vanessa Taylor thinks about a lot.

FADEL: Catherine Reitman is the creator, director and star of the show "Workin' Moms" on Netflix.

FADEL: Daniel Ortner lives in Rocklin, Calif., with his wife and three children.

FADEL: Every other Monday, Shunock and his wife put on a show with other local performers like themselves.

FADEL: Instead, she looks at the vitriol as a challenge and the reason to keep talking.

FADEL: Johnson-Harrell says since saying she was offended.

FADEL: Like most people in the city, he's a transplant, a Canadian via Los Angeles that now calls Las Vegas home.

FADEL: Now, the storm's approaching at a time when the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, has an acting administrator at the helm, Peter Gaynor, and his boss, Kevin McLennan, he's the acting secretary of Homeland Security.

FADEL: Ray Hawthorne is a meteorologist with the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network.

FADEL: So the wind, waves are the biggest immediate danger, but much of the southeast should be on the lookout for flooding, too, right?

FADEL: The children's father, Mohamed Mohsin, is a Yemeni-American.

Mr. Fadel continued: "It's not about white or black.

Now an American citizen, El Fadel is a great local resource for anyone who wants to understand how some of the United States’ international involvement and actions might affect other cultures and societies.

Better luck next time, Fadel.