Yahya Abou-Ghazala - Associate Producer
Yahya Abou-Ghazala
Associate Producer
Yahya Abou-Ghazala is an Associate Producer with CNN's investigative unit, based in Washington, DC.
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Major US bridges could be vulnerable to ship collisions, including one just downstream from Key Bridge
Apr 3, 2024
Major US bridges could be vulnerable to ship collisions – including one just downstream from Baltimore’s Key bridge
What we know about the Baltimore bridge collapse
Mar 29, 2024
New details are emerging after a massive cargo ship plowed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, destroying it and killing a group of construction workers.
2 bodies found in truck at site of Baltimore bridge collapse as investigators pause search for missing workers, police say
Mar 28, 2024
Two workers were found trapped in a truck at the middle of the collapsed bridge, and search efforts have been paused for the four other workers who are presumed dead, Maryland State Police say.
Two US brothers detained in Gaza now being held in Israeli prison, US official says
Feb 23, 2024
Two American brothers who were detained in Gaza earlier this month by Israeli forces are being held in Ashkelon prison, a US official tells CNN. Ashkelon is in central Israel just north of the Gaza strip.
Families of killed Palestinian-Americans demand answers of US, Israel
Feb 23, 2024
Families of killed Palestinian-Americans demand answers of US, Israeli governments
Fake Biden robocall linked to Texas-based companies, New Hampshire attorney general announces
Feb 6, 2024
A robocall that used an AI voice resembling President Joe Biden’s to advise New Hampshire voters against voting in the state’s presidential primary has been linked to a pair of Texas-based telecommunications companies, the state’s attorney general announced on Tuesday.
A deluge of violent messages: How a surge in threats to public officials could disrupt American democracy
Dec 8, 2023
By the time the FBI first showed up to Kevin Patrick Smith’s home in early February, he’d already left dozens of threatening voice messages for US Senator Jon Tester.
Muslim Americans helped Biden win Michigan in 2020. Now, his Israel-Gaza response is throwing their support into question
Nov 5, 2023
Dearborn, Michigan – In 2020, Eman Hammoud was one of thousands of Michigan Muslims who helped President Joe Biden beat Donald Trump. A month ago, the Palestinian American immigration lawyer had no doubts she would support his campaign again in 2024.
Hundreds of foreign nationals remain stranded in Gaza as Israel intensifies airstrikes
Oct 27, 2023
More than two weeks of intense negotiations to evacuate foreign nationals out of Gaza have yielded few signs of progress, leaving hundreds of desperate civilians stranded inside the war-torn strip of land ahead of what appears to be an imminent Israeli incursion.
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They followed evacuation orders. An Israeli airstrike killed them the next day.
Oct 18, 2023
When Palestinians in north Gaza heeded the warnings issued in the Israeli military’s phone calls, text messages, and fliers advising them to head south, they thought they were fleeing to potential safety.
In Gaza, Palestinians have no safe place from Israel’s bombs
Oct 13, 2023
When Hamas fires rockets at Israel, advanced warning detectors set off alarms in targeted neighborhoods, civilians flee to an extensive network of bomb shelters, and the vaunted Iron Dome system works to intercept projectiles in the air.
Palestinian-Americans stuck in Gaza say they feel trapped, abandoned by US Embassy
Oct 10, 2023
As bombs rained down on Gaza Monday, Palestinian-Americans visiting or living there said they were desperately trying to find ways out of the region but have received little or no support from US Embassy officials, even though they are US citizens.
Kenneth Chesebro, alleged architect of fake electors’ plot, followed Alex Jones around Capitol grounds on January 6th
Aug 18, 2023
When conspiracy theorist Alex Jones marched his way to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, riling up his legion of supporters, an unassuming middle-aged man in a red “Trump 2020” hat conspicuously tagged along.
Exclusive: A Baltimore musician was hired to organize a protest. He says he never knew his client had links to pro-China operatives
Jul 26, 2023
In echoes of Russian efforts, a pro-Beijing firm is finding new ways to push its narratives in the US.
The AI political campaign is here
May 3, 2023
President Barack Obama’s 2008 election campaign has often been celebrated as the first to effectively use social media as a mobilization tool to capture the White House. In the 15 years since, the technology has gone from being a novel addition to a political campaign to transcending every aspect of one.
About
Yahya Abou-Ghazala is an Associate Producer with CNN’s investigative unit, based in Washington, DC. His work with the unit involves reporting and producing in-depth investigations for both a television and digital audience. Abou-Ghazala has worked on producing both short-form TV news stories and long-form feature documentaries. Abou-Ghazala previously served as a News Associate in CNN’s Washington bureau and interned with CNN’s digital video team covering politics.
Before coming to CNN, Abou-Ghazala interned for Al Jazeera Arabic in Washington, DC, as well as for the documentary podcast Kerning Cultures covering the Middle East and North Africa.
Abou-Ghazala graduated from the University of Virginia where he studied Global Development.
