Middle East

Middle East: An Existential Threat

The Supreme Council of the Evangelical Community in Syria and Lebanon has described the catastrophic actions of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) as an "existential threat facing the future of Middle Eastern minorities" and a potential "annihilation of Christian presence" in the region. Unfortunately, those words are not hyperbole. In a [...]

First Fruit2021-05-24T20:18:01-07:00

From Birmingham to Benghazi

What do Arab Spring revolutionaries and Martin Luther King Jr. have in common? It turns out, a lot more than I thought. According to my friend, Zainab Al-Suwaij of the American Islamic Congress, King's “Montgomery Method” became the mass-distributed playbook for young activists throughout the Middle East and North Africa and [...]

First Fruit2021-05-25T22:37:07-07:00