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WINDOWS OF HOPE: STRIVING FOR INCLUSION IN LEBANON
Read more: WINDOWS OF HOPE: STRIVING FOR INCLUSION IN LEBANONIn this episode, Embrace CEO Tim Livesey speaks to Hiba Al-Jamal, the Director of the SKILD Centre in Lebanon, an Embrace partner and specialist centre that provides individualised support for children with additional needs. Above: Hiba Al-Jamal Hiba was born…
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN CRISIS-TORN SYRIA
Read more: MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN CRISIS-TORN SYRIAIn this episode, Embrace CEO Tim Livesey speaks to S.L., the Director of the Diakonia Department and Ecumenical Relief Service at the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC). In this eye-opening conversation, Tim and S.L. discuss the multiple crises that…
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SERVING DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES IN CAIRO’S ‘GARBAGE RECYCLING CITY’
Read more: SERVING DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES IN CAIRO’S ‘GARBAGE RECYCLING CITY’In this episode, Embrace CEO Tim Livesey speaks with two inspiring Egyptian women: Mona and Nardeen. They run a project called ‘The Rock’, which supports the Zabbaleen (Arabic for ‘garbage collectors’) community – Coptic Christians who live on the edge…
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IN THE SHADOW OF ISIS: A CONVERSATION WITH YOUNG IRAQI CHRISTIANS
Read more: IN THE SHADOW OF ISIS: A CONVERSATION WITH YOUNG IRAQI CHRISTIANSIn this episode, Embrace CEO Tim Livesey speaks with two staff members from the Ankawa Humanitarian Committee in Iraq, an Embrace partner and Iraqi NGO: Vana Handola, Executive Director, and Alin Rassam, Project Director. Above: Vana and Alin Vana and…
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PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WITH MAE ELISE CANNON
Read more: PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WITH MAE ELISE CANNONIn this episode, Embrace CEO Tim Livesey speaks with the Rev Dr Mae Elise Cannon, the Executive Director of Churches for Middle East Peace and a pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church in the US. The conversation begins with Mae…
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MEET THE WOMEN DRIVING RECONCILIATION BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS
Read more: MEET THE WOMEN DRIVING RECONCILIATION BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANSJoin Tim Livesey as he speaks to Hedva Haymov and Hiba Allati, the two women who head up the women’s reconciliation programme at Musalaha, Embrace’s partner. An Israeli and Palestinian respectively, Hedva and Hiba speak openly about their very different…
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WHAT IS LIFE LIKE FOR IRAQ’S CHRISTIAN MINORITY?
Read more: WHAT IS LIFE LIKE FOR IRAQ’S CHRISTIAN MINORITY?Join Tim Livesey as he speaks to Bashar Warda, the Chaldean Archbishop of Erbil (in the northern region of Iraq). Archbishop Warda talks about growing up in Saddam’s regime in Iraq and some of the challenges that come with being…
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NEVER LOSING HOPE IN GAZA
Read more: NEVER LOSING HOPE IN GAZAJoin Tim Livesey as he speaks to Suhaila Tarazi, the director of the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza. Suhaila looks back on her childhood in Gaza, her education, and the culture shock she experienced when she came to study in…
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WHAT IS THE CHURCH’S ROLE IN SHAPING SYRIA’S FUTURE?
Read more: WHAT IS THE CHURCH’S ROLE IN SHAPING SYRIA’S FUTURE?Join Tim Livesey as he speaks to Rev Dr Nadim Nassar, a Syrian-British Anglican priest and the Director of the Awareness Foundation. In this episode, Nadim describes how the events of the so-called Arab Spring in 2011 led to a…
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WALKING WITH FAMILIES ON THE MARGINS IN CRISIS-HIT LEBANON
Read more: WALKING WITH FAMILIES ON THE MARGINS IN CRISIS-HIT LEBANONIn this episode, Tim Livesey speaks with Nadia Khouri – Director of Program Development at Embrace’s partner, Tahaddi – about the deep challenges facing families who live in an informal settlement in southern Beirut. In vivid detail, Nadia describes what…
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LIVING OUT JOY, FREEDOM AND HOPE UNDER PRESSURE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Read more: LIVING OUT JOY, FREEDOM AND HOPE UNDER PRESSURE IN THE MIDDLE EASTIn this episode, Tim Livesey speaks with Archbishop Angaelos, the Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London. This lively conversation begins with Angaelos recounting elements of his fascinating personal story, before moving on to discuss the Coptic Orthodox community he pastors in…
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MY FIRST EVER TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST: REFLECTIONS ON LEBANON
Read more: MY FIRST EVER TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST: REFLECTIONS ON LEBANONJoin Tim Livesey as he speaks to Embrace colleague and communications afficionado, Beth Amphlett, about her recent trip to Lebanon. During the 5 days she spent there, she met 7 of Embrace’s partners and saw for herself the life-changing work…
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