Remembering Stories: A Grassroots View from the Middle East, Part 1

By Ryan Rodrick Beiler
Jun 8, 2009
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When President Obama was giving his speech in Cairo, I was just across the Red Sea in Aqaba, Jordan, and caught a glimpse on a corner store TV, the translation making it hard to hear his words.

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An image of the November 2026 issue of Sojourners, titled "Face to Face." It features George Lakey on the cover
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