Following the installation of Hosam Naoum as Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem, Embrace friend and patron Bishop Christopher Chessun encourages us to stand in solidarity with the Church in Jerusalem at this most difficult of times.

This crisis must bring the Israeli-Palestinian question back to the center of the international agenda.

As violence continues to escalate in Israel and Palestine, with Gaza under heavy bombardment and Hamas rockets landing in Israel, two of our partners have shared personal reflections with us.

As we approach Coptic Easter, Embrace Chair of Trustees and Canon of Westminster and of All Saints Cathedral, Cairo Canon Anthony Ball reflects on the idea of freedom, encouraging us to follow the example of the Church in Egypt by using our freedom to promote that of others.

Dr Harry Hagopian KSG reflects on the tragedy of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923 and the impact it still has on the region today.

Our partners at Bless have successfully completed the ‘I Can I Have a Vision’ project, working with local community organisations to enable visually impaired women to claim their place in society.

The country is suffering its worst economic crisis in 40 years; millions have lost their jobs and the value of the Lebanese pound (lira) has reached record lows.

Most refugees fleeing their home countries arrive in Cairo with little more than the clothes on their back.

As widely predicted, last week’s general election in Israel, the fourth since 2019, did not deliver a decisive result. Learn more with this short explainer.