The war in Ukraine is leading to a shortage of wheat world wide. The UN has warned that the Middle East and North Africa region is likely to be particularly severely affected. So what is causing the wheat crisis and what are the implications for the Middle East?

Longstanding dear friend and partner of Embrace, Dr Bernard Sabella, Executive Secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches’ Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees, writes a deeply touching and challenging open letter to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, ahead of his visit to Israel and Palestine this week.

As the economic situation in Lebanon continues to deteriorate, our partners are seeing more and more families struggling to put food on the table. Daniella Daou of LSESD describes her recent visit to one of their learning centres and the increasing hardships of the children she encountered there.

This month the blockade of Gaza reaches a grim milestone of 15 years. The impact of the blockade on Gaza’s population has been devastating. We offer this short piece to help you understand the background to, reasons for, and repercussions of, the blockade on Gaza.

On 21 June, Embrace, in partnership with CMEP, will be hosting the first webinar in a four-part mini series exploring Christian Zionism. Special guest for the series is Colin Chapman, introduces us to some of the topics that will be discussed.

Our Programmes and Partnerships Manger Kat Brealey recently visited Boshera Village in Egypt, where we’ve been supporting a community development project run by our partner BLESS. Here she reflects on what it was like seeing with her own eyes the positive difference we are making.

Our Christians friends and partners across the Middle East tell us how they will be celebrating Pentecost.

As the church across the world looks forward to celebrating Pentecost, long-standing Embrace partner, and friend, Simon Azazian explains why the feast of Pentecost calls him personally to continue the mission of the early church in Jerusalem.

After many years of dedicated services to the people of Gaza through Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR), our good friend Dr Issa Tarazi has recently retired. Here are his parting words of thanks.