It must have been October, in maybe 1981. It was a stunning day, having rained and washed all the summer grime out the air, leaving every pine needle glistening. From my office window I could see Beirut gleaming down there on its broad shelf, surrounded by the blue sea. I had an urgent print […]
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Dear Mr. President, Thank you for your years of work in the cause of peace and justice in the Middle East, especially for your book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. Many people (and I am one) admire you for your courage, your Christian attitudes and your willingness to speak the truth. I know that you have […]
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Frances Fuller, Author Of Book About Lebanon, ‘In Borrowed Houses’, Issues Challenge To Christian Century Magazine Frances Fuller’s award-winning memoir, ‘In Borrowed Houses’, gives readers a penetrating glimpse of the Middle East from the inside. She puts a face on the Middle East many Americans have not yet seen. Fuller believes a recent article in […]
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On the day I intended to post this blog I named it “Happy Hiroshima Day.” It was August 6, the birthday of my eldest daughter and the 70th anniversary of the day America, sweet land of liberty, dropped an atom bomb. But on that day I could neither finish nor post the blog because a […]
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A few days ago I read in a Huffington Post article by Qasim Rashid that Franklin Graham had put these words on his facebook page: “We are under attack by Muslims at home and abroad. We should stop all immigration of Muslims to the U.S. until this threat with Islam has been settled. Every Muslim […]
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