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Toward a New Discourse on Middle Eastern Christianity

Series: Symposium on The Politics of Persecution

Mitri Raheb
September 20, 2023January 27, 2024

There is genuine concern among many Christians in the Middle East that “Freedom of Religious Belief” will be weaponized as a platform for populism, religious nationalism, and colonial interventions.

Fraternity is More Durable than Fratricide : Pope Francis Visits Iraq

Omar Mohammed and Victoria Fontan
March 18, 2021March 19, 2021

Pope Francis might have performed a diplomatic miracle: that of beginning to help bridge the religious fault lines in Iraq by encouraging, for the first time, Ayatollah al-Sistani to appear in public.

Our Jerusalem of Unspoken Stories

Series: Jerusalem

Stephanie Saldaña
January 17, 2018January 19, 2018

For Palestinians, the loss is real and sustained, mostly spoken of privately, like a wound you would not like to expose openly.

The Social Fabric of Jerusalem: Memories in the Wake of Christian Exodus

Stephanie Saldaña
September 21, 2017April 17, 2018

When a plant or animal disappears, we expect the entire ecosystem to be impacted. We often forget that human communities form the same deep relationships.

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Toward a New Discourse on Middle Eastern Christianity

Fraternity is More Durable than Fratricide : Pope Francis Visits Iraq

Our Jerusalem of Unspoken Stories

The Social Fabric of Jerusalem: Memories in the Wake of Christian Exodus