Neda Ulaby

Neda Ulaby (Arabic: ندى علبي‎‎) is an American reporter for National Public Radio, covering arts, cultural trends and digital media. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Born in Amman, Jordan, during Black September, Ulaby spent her childhood in Lawrence, Kansas, and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her father, Fawwaz Ulaby, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan is from Damascus, Syria.

After graduating from the alternative Community High School in Ann Arbor, she attended Bryn Mawr College, graduating in 1993. She also studied at Oxford University, England, and in 1995 graduated with an MA in English from the University of Chicago. She is a former doctoral student in English literature.

Ulaby began her career as an intern for the features desk of the Topeka Capital-Journal from 1993 to 1994 and later freelanced for the Chicago Reader and the Washington City Paper. Ulaby became managing editor of Chicago's Windy City Times in 1999, holding the post for one year, and later became co-host of the radio program What's Coming Out at the Movies.

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