20 Murdered in Attack on Sufi Shrine
Bodies following an attack on a sufi shrine in Pakistan. (Photo: FATIQ BUKHARI/AFP/Getty Images) Twenty people were murdered and four more wounded in [...]
Yazidis and Christians: Scapegoats of Regional Politics in Iraq
By Jennifer Breedon “They hurt Yazidis.” “They hurt Christians.” Both comments were made to me about the Kurds during my time in Iraq by [...]
Reporting from Iraq
Here are some photos from our trip to Northern Iraq/Kurdistan! We captured the ongoing crisis unfolding there (IDP camps, Yezidi women’s shelter, etc.) as well [...]
Symbols of Defiance
The story is well-known. As ISIS took over Mosul "nun", a letter in the Arabic alphabet was written on the walls of every Christian’s home. [...]
Armenian Genocide – Let Us Remember
Friday, April 24, 2015, marked the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. The date commemorates the deportation of Armenian intellectuals by the Turkish government. [...]
US Muslim Brotherhood Backs Turks on Armenian Genocide
The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations, a coalition of groups linked to the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, defended Turkey ahead of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on [...]
“The Day I (Almost) Met Kim Kardashian”
Yesterday I met Kim Kardashian. Well, sort of. I was one of the throngs of people waiting for her as she entered the iconic St. [...]
Cardinal Donald Weurl’s Impassioned Plea for Beleaguered Iraqi Religious Minorities
Check out this heart wrenching speech by Cardinal Donald Weurl at Catholic University. His pain is evident as he goes “off script” and gives an impassioned [...]
Glimpses of Egypt’s Struggling Coptic Minority
Hey everyone! We have some exclusive photos from our shoot in Egypt. We filmed in Egypt right around the time of the transition from Muslim [...]
Coptic Christians – Bearing the Brunt of Systematic Persecution
This week we start highlighting the community of Coptic Christians. Although the Coptic Christians are one of the oldest and largest Christian communities in the [...]