The Last Supper: The Plight of Christians in Arab Lands - Softcover

Klaus Wivel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1939931347 ISBN 13: 9781939931344

Publisher: New Vessel Press, 2016

Synopsis

A journey through the Middle East, investigating the often-overlooked plight of the beleaguered Christian minority living there.

In 2013, alarmed by scant attention paid to the hardships endured by the 7.5 million Christians in the Middle East, journalist Klaus Wivel travelled to Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, and the Palestinian territories on a quest to learn more about their fate. He found an oppressed minority, constantly under threat of death and humiliation, increasingly desperate in the face of rising Islamic extremism and without hope that their situation will improve, or anyone will come to their aid. Wivel spoke with priests whose churches have been burned, citizens who feel like strangers in their own countries, and entire communities whose only hope for survival may be fleeing into exile. With the increase of religious violence in the past few years, this book is a prescient and unsettling account of a severely beleaguered religious group living, so it seems, on borrowed time. Wivel asks, why have we not done more to protect these people?

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About the Author

Klaus Wivel is a Danish journalist who has been the New York correspondent for Weekendavisen, one of Denmark's most prestigious newspapers. He has written on a wide range of topics, with a focus on Israel-Palestine and the Middle East.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Vessel Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1939931347
• ISBN 13: 9781939931344
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250