I’m so excited to announce a tour to Israel and the West Bank, Nov. 3-10. David Hazard (“Blood Brothers”) and I will be leading the trip and meeting amazing people along the way. We have a private meeting with Father Chacour as well as Robi Damelin, Sami Awad, and many other peacemakers of the Middle […]
Time is running out for my friend. We are sitting at lunch when she casually mentions that she and her husband are thinking of “starting a family.” What she means is that her biological clock has begun its countdown and she is being forced to consider the prospect of motherhood. “We’re taking a survey,” she says half joking. “Do you thin […]
A Muslim is a follower of the religion of Islam, which means in Arabic “surrender to the will of Allah.” An Islamist is usually identified as a person who follows a political ideology that is related to or derived from Islam. While the term is most often used by Western press, it is considered controversial […]
On a sunny Saturday afternoon in early March, the cafes surrounding Manger Square in Bethlehem are doing a brisk business. A waiter greets passersby in French, then Russian and German. Switching to English he offers a grin and a thumbs up. “Obama!” is all he needs to say. The American president’s visit may be controversial […]
In many ways, it was a frustrating year. I spent much of it writing about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a subject so complex that I was often overwhelmed. I became intellectually insecure and frustratingly unproductive. Days of research often produced just one written page. More than once, I considered quitting the project and taking up something more manageable. But in retrospect, the less […]