Author Hala Alyan discusses her new memoir, 'I'll Tell You When I'm Home'

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July 3, 2025 • 7 mins

NPR speaks with Palestinian American author and poet Hala Alyan {HAHL-uh ahl-YAHN} about her new memoir, "I'll Tell You When I'm Home," in which she shares the experience of motherhood via surrogacy.

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