{"id":4679,"date":"2013-12-10T15:05:09","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T15:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/?p=4679"},"modified":"2013-12-10T15:05:09","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T15:05:09","slug":"holy-space-10-aseel-bannoura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/2013\/12\/holy-space-10-aseel-bannoura.html","title":{"rendered":"Holy Space 10: Aseel Bannoura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Calibri;\n\tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-520092929 1073786111 9 0 415 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin-top:0in;\n\tmargin-right:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:10.0pt;\n\tmargin-left:0in;\n\tline-height:115%;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:11.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-size:11.0pt;\n\tmso-ansi-font-size:11.0pt;\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n.MsoPapDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmargin-bottom:10.0pt;\n\tline-height:115%;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;\n\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4680\" style=\"width: 372px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/308\/2013\/12\/unnamed1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4680\" alt=\"Photo credit: Katie Archibald-Woodward\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/308\/2013\/12\/unnamed1.jpg\" width=\"372\" height=\"567\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Katie Archibald-Woodward<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>If you&#8217;re tuning in for the first time at this intersection between faith and God for anyone converted, unconverted or under conversion&#8230;we&#8217;re in the middle of an Advent series exploring &#8220;holy space.&#8221; You&#8217;re invited to share your own experiences of the Holy, and I&#8217;ll republish your reflections at the end of the week. In the meantime, photojournalist Katie Archibald-Woodward is taking us through the Holy Land with some of her own reflections on the holy moments she found there&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I sit down with Aseel Bannoura.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Her face is cheerful, her eyes are bright, her words are astoundingly articulate.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Her eloquent English allows her to be perfectly frank with me as I start to ask her questions.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Her frankness alone takes me by surprise, but even more striking is the lack of bitterness or anger in her tone.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>She just tells it to me straight.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Even with a whiff of humor now and then. For more, see <a href=\"http:\/\/formaedivinae.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/05\/aseel-and-al-quds\/\">Katie&#8217;s blog<\/a>.<span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re tuning in for the first time at this intersection between faith and God for anyone converted, unconverted or under conversion&#8230;we&#8217;re in the middle of an Advent series exploring &#8220;holy space.&#8221; You&#8217;re invited to share your own experiences of the Holy, and I&#8217;ll republish your reflections at the end of the week. 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