Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Middle East

Oct. 10, 2011 issue

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  Photo by Silas Crews/MCC

  Refugees in Lebanon rediscover composting benefits

  SOUTH LEBANON — Faced with the rising cost of buying fresh fruit and vegetables in local markets, many Palestinian refu­gee families in south Lebanon are rediscovering the benefits of using compost to enrich their gardens.

  Nayfe Mohamad, 56, a mother of seven grown children, is one of many avid promoters of composting in the Shabriha gathering, an informal refugee camp of almost 3,000 Palestinian families.

May 16, 2011 issue

• Fuel for extremism is beyond bin Laden, EMU prof says

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Pakistan-based graduates of Eastern Mennonite University say U.S. military policy in their country has fed extremism and that, sadly, such extremism may not subside with the death of Osama bin Laden.

May 9, 2011 issue

• No peace in cycle of retaliation

  The celebration that followed the killing of Osama bin Laden is both expected and understandable. It is also troubling.

Feb. 28, 2011 issue

• MCC Egypt workers return

  WINNIPEG, Man. — All 13 Mennonite Central Committee international workers, who had moved from Egypt during the recent turmoil, are returning to their work placements in Egypt.

Feb. 21, 2011 issue

• MCC reps see potential for more peacebuilding in Egypt

  Mennonite Central Committee’s Egypt co-representatives hope a democratic government would positively affect their peacebuilding work.

Feb. 7, 2011 issue

• MCC’s work in Egypt at standstill; international workers have relocated

  Due to unrest in Egypt, Mennonite Central Committee’s work there is at a standstill, and its international workers have left the country.

Jan. 3, 2011 issue

• Anabaptists visit Israel, seek reconciliation among Mennonites, Amish, Jews

  When Ben Girod was “cast out” from his Amish community in Bowling Green, Mo., he didn’t understand why. Now, he said, it’s evident God intended him to be a minister of reconciliation — between Amish, Mennonites and Jews.

• Anabaptists’ statement in Israel

  Statement from 45 Anabaptists presented to Jews in Israel during a November trip:

Sept. 20, 2010 issue

• America’s anxiety over Islam

  The Manhattan mosque controversy has kicked up sentiment that runs much deeper than the appropriate location of a mosque.

Sept. 13, 2010 issue

• A poor choice by the U.N.

  On May 31, the Israeli military entered international waters, raided a six-ship flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, and killed nine activists.

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