Imam Abdallah’s project that I wrote about last time is becoming increasingly important to us. It has everything that people in need can receive support from: a meal, a listening ear, free healings from Abdallah if desired, coming together to pray, to discuss disputes, and so on. In short: being heard and seen in…
A special place where people can come together to eat, to pray, for a listening ear. Abdallah is his name, he is now the Imam in his residential area beyond the Karnak temple. After his birth, he was given up by several doctors because he was critically ill. However, Saida, an aunt of his,…
I was born in Nijmegen in 1963 in a large Catholic family with three sisters and two brothers. My father worked at Philips and was deployed to a different branch every few years; so I have moved a lot in my life. The family also lived in different places in Belgium for a number…