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Witnessing Faith in Action

Embrace Trustee Katharine von Schubert writes of her recent trip to Embrace-supported projects in Egypt, of the strength of faith of the Christians she met and of witnessing the transformative work that they do.

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How is the Ukraine War affecting the Middle East? 

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?

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One Palestinian’s personal plea to the President of the United States

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.

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Sometimes we don’t have enough food at home

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.

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Gaza: The impact of 15 years of blockade

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.

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What is Christian Zionism?

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.

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In Pictures: Visiting Boshera Village, Egypt

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.

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