Trapped and alone under bombardment, he managed to get online and put his life in the hands of a rag-tag group of Facebook friends he barely knew.
Venturing online, he began to connect with people of different cultures from all around the world, and started the improbable journey from dreaming of taking vengeance on the 'infidels' to devoting his life to inter-faith dialogue.īut then Yemen crumbled into war. He had little interest in the non-Muslim world, beyond an intense hostility to Islam's enemies.Īll that changed when a teacher lent him a copy of the Bible, sparking his interest in other faiths. Growing up in Yemen, Mohammed Al Samawi was smart, bookish, and committed to his faith. A breathtaking escape story that reveals the power of technology to connect people across cultures with life-saving results.
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