Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • The Christian Science Monitor

    For Mideast Christians, US refugee policy puts a damper on Christmas

    Dec 21, 2018 5 minutes
    Laith Yakona stands by the Christmas tree in his rented apartment in Amman, Jordan, Dec. 9, 2018. Yakona is one of hundreds of Iraqi Christian refugees in Jordan whose arrival on American soil has been suspended indefinitely.

    Laith Yakona wants only one thing for Christmas, the same thing he has prayed for the last four Christmases: to spend the holidays with his family.

    War, bombings, kidnappings, death threats, and death squads failed to break up the Yakona family in their hometown of Baghdad before leaving for Jordan. Yet after a decade of their navigating the increasingly polarized war-torn Iraq and then a life in exile, one event has split the family in two: a new life in America.

    “As soon as my parents left for America, our lives here have been on hold,” Mr. Yakona says from the sparse rented apartment he shares with his sister in Amman, a Christmas tree propped in the corner behind the television. “Our family is torn in two, and we have been given no reason why.”

    Yakona is one of thousands of Christian refugees from the Middle East whose arrival

    Tale of separationNo answers for the familiesMoney from mother in America

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from The Christian Science Monitor

    The Christian Science Monitor5 min readAmerican Government
    Trump Vows To Fire Bureaucrats. Here’s Why Biden Is Trying To Stop Him.
    For decades, American presidents routinely offered government jobs to political allies – and expected those employees would do their bidding in return. Then in 1881, a campaign supporter who did not win such a favor assassinated President James Garfi
    The Christian Science Monitor4 min read
    Caregiving Burdens Fall On Women. This Nigerian Woman Wants To Change That.
    It’s 7 a.m. on a Monday, and the clamor of automobile engines fills the air, the soundtrack of millions of Lagos residents heading to work. Kindergarten teacher Fatimoh Adeyemi is one of them. But first, she stops in front of a simple white stucco ho
    The Christian Science Monitor4 min readInternational Relations
    For Moscow, The War In Ukraine Is A Rerun Of World War II
    The atmosphere around Victory Day on May 9, a holiday celebrating the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, is always charged with martial fervor and a sense of Russia’s enduring resilience. The intensity almost makes i

    Related Books & Audiobooks