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This image provided by Kino Lorber shows Nour Karoui, top, Eya Chikhaoui, left, Ichraq Matar, center, and Tayssir Chikhaoui, right, in the movie Four Daughters, filmed in Tunis, Tunisia. The film about a Tunisian family and the radicalization of two teenage daughters who joined the Islamic State is up for one of the most prestigious film awards in the world. (Kino Lorber via AP)

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Two daughters ran away to join Islamic State. Years later, their family’s story is an Oscar nominee
By MARIAM FAM - Associated Press
Sat,02/24/24-12:25AM , 63 Reads
Olfa Hamrouni doesn’t know much about her granddaughter; not her favorite toy nor food — is it the pasta the child’s mother loves, or something else?

The Tunisian grandmother doesn’t even let her mind go there. “I don’t want to know. What for but more heartache?” she said.
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People walk in Manger Square, adjacent to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. World-famous Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem have been put on hold due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

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Grieving and often overlooked, Palestinian Christians prepare for a somber Christmas amid war
By MARIAM FAM - Associated Press
Fri,12/22/23-7:04AM , 60 Reads
It’s normally a moment of pure joy for the Rev. Khader Khalilia: the excitement, the giggles, the kisses, as his young daughters — in their Christmas pajamas — open their gifts. But this year, just the thought of it fills Khalilia with guilt.
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Rutgers University's students place candles with the Star of David pattern to hold solidarity and vigil for Israel on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in New Brunswick, N.J. For many of the university chaplains and faith leaders caring for students angered and shaken by the Israel-Hamas war, the needs are acute, the days intense. The bloodshed has roiled campuses in the United States, sparking rival rallies and competing demands.(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

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Jewish and Muslim chaplains navigate US campus tensions and help students roiled by Israel-Hamas war
By MARIAM FAM - Associated Press
Sat,10/28/23-6:02AM , 89 Reads
For many of the university chaplains and faith leaders caring for students angered and shaken by the Israel-Hamas war, the needs are acute, the days intense.
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Egyptian Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayers outside al-Seddik mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, April 21, 2023. In the Middle East and North Africa, where religion is often ingrained in daily life's very fabric, rejecting faith can come with social or other repercussions, so many of the "nones," a group that includes agnostics, atheists and "nothing in particular" conceal that part of themselves, as blasphemy laws and policies are widespread in the region. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

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Fearing ostracism or worse, many nonbelievers hide their views in the Middle East and North Africa
By MARIAM FAM - Associated Press
Wed,10/04/23-11:27PM , 559 Reads
There’s the Tunisian woman who fasts during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, though not for God. The Iraqi woman who, until recently, wore a hijab. And a man whose Egyptian identity card still identifies him as “Muslim.”
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