Ramadan Prayer: Muslims of the East Arabian Peninsula
Long ago, wise men in Eastern Arabia noticed a beautiful star burning brightly in the night sky and set out on an adventure to see where it would lead them. […]
Stories
The Faces of Displacement: A Story Much Closer than We Realize
This article is adapted from a post on the ABTS blog on May 17, 2018. We tend to put faces on unfortunate things. It is not a good practice but we do it […]
Light After Darkness: A Syrian Mother’s Story of Pain, Hope, and Learning to Dream Again
This article first appeared July 21, 2017 at Food for the Hungry. Across languages and cultures, mothers can relate to the deep emotions that children bring. Mothers carry a daily […]
The Opposite Way
The full version of this article first appeared July 22, 2017 at WORLD Magazine as “The Opposite Way” by Mindy Belz. PARIS—At Guy Moquet metro stop on line 13, no one is […]
Roundup: Our God of Transformations
As we begin a new year, let’s reflect on some stories of how God is drawing Muslims to Himself. Terrorist Transformations by Collin Abbey Saul was a terrorist. Ananias had heard […]
A Family Reunion
Much of the world’s focus has been on the refugees in Syria and Iraq as a result of the Syrian civil war and ISIS. And rightly so, this conflict has […]
Finding Refuge – 60 Minutes Special
Highly recommend viewing this CBS 60 minutes special ‘Finding Refuge.’ It details stories of resettled refugees including interviews with US State Department officials and refugees in Zaatari Camp Jordan who […]
When Liability Trumps Love
My family waited out Saturday’s tornado with other customers and employees in the basement of the Rockford Shoe Depot. When the tornado was a few minutes away, my brother went […]
Refugees – A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity
I enjoy history, historical novels are some of my favorites. Some of the most interesting stories of 21st Century history will be those of the lives of Syrian refugees. Some […]
Nothing But the Blood
Blood revenge is the system of justice for the common man in the Middle East. It is essentially an eye for eye system that drives a lot of the thinking […]