Aya Batrawy is an NPR International Correspondent. She leads NPR's Gulf bureau in Dubai. She joined NPR in 2022 from the Associated Press, where she was an editor and reporter for over 11 years.

LARNED — Roy Glenden Daum passed from this life on March 14, 2025, at home with his beloved wife, LuAnn. Roy was born in Cannelton, Ind., on Sept. 9, 1942 to Roy Edward and Juanita Jackson Daum.