Leila Molana-Allen
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Leila Molana-Allen is a roving special correspondent for PBS NewsHour, reporting from the Middle East and Africa.
Molana-Allen spent months reporting from the front lines of the Israel-Gaza war, uncovering the aftermath of the October 7, 2023, terror attacks and investigating human rights abuses in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Earlier in 2023 she investigated the growth of Palestinian militant groups inside Jenin and Nablus after the IDF assault on the Jenin camp, and she reported from the ongoing anti-government protests across Israel.
Before joining NewsHour, Molana-Allen was a foreign correspondent for The Economist in London, a correspondent for BBC World Service Radio, and a Middle East correspondent for France 24.
She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Oxford and a master's from the Columbia School of Journalism.