Laila Al-Arian is an American

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for the

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. She is the executive producer for the

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documentary series ''Fault Lines''. She co-authored ''Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians'' with

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. She is married to American scholar of Islamic studies,

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. She produced the

special on the

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in January 2011, a four-day program on the largest diplomatic leak in the history of the

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. She raised national attention for an article in which she described ''Homeland'' as "TV's most Islamophobic show". She has produced several documentaries, including the Peabody-winning investigative report ''Made in Bangladesh''. In 2013, she spoke at

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to discuss the history and impact of surveillance on targeted communities. Since graduating from the

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in 2006, Laila Al-Arian's work has appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and several other publications. She is the daughter of

Sami Al-Arian Sami Amin Al-Arian (; born January 14, 1958) is a Kuwaiti-born political activist of Palestinian origin who was a computer engineering professor at University of South Florida. During the Clinton administration and Bush administration, he was ...

. On October 1, 2018, Laila won an Emmy for her film, ''The Ban: The human cost of Trump's travel ban''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Arian, Laila American reporters and correspondents American Sunni Muslims American women journalists Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women writers