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Evenings with Polish Reporters VII: Christians in the Middle East

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  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: February 23, 2017, 19:00 – 21:00

Christianity was born in a region which we today refer to as the Middle East, one of the most volatile areas in the contemporary world. What is life like for people who profess the Christian faith in Iraq, Egypt, Turkey or Lebanon?

Polish Radio reporter Dariusz Rosiak visited those states and recorded hundreds of stories of people facing persecution, a fight to survive and expulsion from their homes. “On television and on YouTube we watch violence committed by Islamic State and then we, at best, organise charity auctions to salve our consciences. I didn’t want to become part of that or to become an armchair moralist. I decided to set out on a journey to try to describe a world that may be dying out,” the Polish journalist writes in his book Ziarno i krew. Podróż śladami bliskowschodnich chrześcijan (Grain and Blood: A Journey in the Footsteps of Middle Eastern Christians) (Czarne, 2015)

Dariusz Rosiak will speak with Czech Radio commentator Jan Fingerland, a leading Czech expert on the Middle East.

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