Yahya Abou-Ghazala - Producer
Yahya Abou-Ghazala
Producer
Yahya Abou-Ghazala is a Producer with CNN's investigative unit, based in Washington, DC.
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Mishaps in Michigan spur Trump allies to spread misleading election claims
Nov 1, 2024
In the closely watched battleground state of Michigan, election officials are under the microscope, with isolated mistakes or missteps serving as fodder for election deniers to lay the groundwork for widespread doubt of election results.
Chinese citizen charged with illegally voting in Michigan, authorities say
Nov 1, 2024
Michigan prosecutors charged a Chinese citizen with voter fraud and perjury after he allegedly cast a ballot in the 2024 election, authorities announced Wednesday.
Georgia high school shooting suspect referenced Parkland massacre in writings found in his bedroom, source says
Sep 6, 2024
Authorities searching the home of the teen accused of a Georgia school shooting this week found documents that they believe he wrote referencing past school shootings, a source says
The pot farm next door: Black market weed operations inundate California suburb, cops say
Aug 31, 2024
A CNN Investigation has found a hot spot for illegal pot farms hiding inside upscale residential homes. The state’s lax weed laws make it hard to stop.
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Lots of raids, few arrests: Illegal pot farms persist in this California suburb
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Aug 31, 2024
Illegal pot farms are big business in this California city, despite police raids. Here’s why. CNN’s Kyung Lah Reports.
A half-million records and one app: The group behind a massive effort to ‘clean’ voter rolls
Jul 29, 2024
Police officers in Texas, senior citizens at a nursing home in Pennsylvania and people who had registered to vote at a Marine base in California.
Israel is blocking physicians with Palestinian heritage from entering Gaza
Jul 24, 2024
Doctors from several aid groups say an Israeli policy recently communicated to medical missions going into Gaza has forced them to avoid recruiting anyone with Palestinian background or ID.
Unmasking counterprotesters who attacked UCLA’s pro-Palestine encampment
May 16, 2024
Unmasking counterprotesters who attacked UCLA’s pro-Palestine encampment
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.
About
Yahya Abou-Ghazala is a 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.
