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In November, officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) made a surprise announcement. Discovered among the white-hot sand dunes of Siniyah Island were the ruins of a 1,400-year-old Christian monastery, likely predating the rise of Islam. Historians say that as Islam grew in influence in the seventh century, conversions to the new religion created what became the Arabian Peninsula of today.
I was born in Beirut, Lebanon on February 8, 1957. I’m a Lebanese-Armenian who has lived with dual identities and histories all my life – ones filled with struggle and wars, to say the least. The two, unfortunately, have several things in common, primarily the struggle to build life in the midst of uncertainties. I was born into a Christian family and received a Christian education at the Armenian Evangelical Church.
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