Malaka Gharib

Malaka Gharib is deputy editor and digital strategist of Goats and Soda, NPR's global health and development blog. She reports on topics such as the humanitarian aid sector, gender equality, and innovation in the developing world.

Before coming to NPR in 2015, Gharib was the digital content manager at Malala Fund, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai's global education charity, and social media and blog editor for ONE, a global anti-poverty advocacy group founded by Bono. Under her leadership, she brought 1 million followers to ONE's Facebook page, made the ONE Blog a high-traffic destination for global development news, and established a culture of testing, innovation and pop-friendly responsiveness to ONE's digital communications.

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