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Jarrett Johnston

Season 2

Al Fadi’s Story

As a fundamentalist Muslim living in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Abdul Fadi had plans of moving to Afghanistan and following in the jihadist footsteps of Osama bin Laden. After moving to the United States to study abroad, the love and kindness of Christian family helped to melt his heart stone and…
Jarrett Johnston
July 16, 2021
Season 2

Baghdad Boys

Growing up in an abusive home in Iraq, the Baghdad Boys often went hungry and without shoes or proper clothing. Through a “chance” encounter with General Petraeus, an opportunity to move to the United States was presented to them. Once stateside, it was at a church that they finally discovered…
Jarrett Johnston
May 26, 2021
Season 2

Susan’s Story

With a devout Muslim family in close relationship to the Shah of Iran, Susan’s family fled when the Shah was exiled. Growing up with money, power, and a religious experience filled with strict rules and sorrow, Susan was left wanting. After seeing the joy in her Christian friends, she realized…
Jarrett Johnston
April 1, 2021
Season 2

Nadine’s Story

Growing up as a Muslim in Jordan with an alcoholic father, Nadine, her siblings, and her mother moved to America for a better life. With an absent mother and her father in a country on the other side of the world, Nadine searched everywhere for love and fulfillment. Only after…
Jarrett Johnston
April 1, 2021
Journal

West Bank Story

Amina stared at the building. As she crested the hill on her walk into town, the sight of it had stopped her hundreds of yards short of her destination. The young Muslim woman reached into the cloth bag slung over her shoulder and pulled out a bottle of water, sipped…
Jarrett Johnston
January 28, 2021
Journal

The Muslim Woman at the Well

“Get out of my house and never come back!" Mustafa slammed his fist on the table, catapulting a fork onto the floor. Standing up, he grabbed Sunni by the back of her burqa, hauled her to the open back door, and shoved her across the threshold so hard that she…
Jarrett Johnston
January 28, 2021
Journal

A Veiled Woman and a Single Man

So why would Kamal brave this Friday free-for-all? Only the most urgent of necessities ever compelled him to attend, and even then, he avoided the central market area by using one of the less-thriving entryways. But this particular Friday, he went because God told him to go. He knew with…
Jarrett Johnston
January 28, 2021
Journal

The ISIS Recruit from Iraq

The sweltering horde scuttled like a monstrous ant colony into Friday prayers at the Great Mosque in Mosul, Iraq. It was the first week of Ramadan, 2014—the day the new caliph would make his appearance, and a fledgling era would begin. Faisal and Medo fought the crushing crowds in the…
Jarrett Johnston
January 28, 2021
Season 1

Tairi’s Story

At a young age, Tairi felt his identity was in Islam. With his family, he daily responded to the call to prayer, observing all the requirements, and fasting. But, once his grandfather brought him to Vacation Bible School at a local Christian church, he realized there was a difference between…
Jarrett Johnston
January 21, 2021
Season 1

Husein’s Story

Husein was a devout Muslim when he moved back from the Gaza Strip to the United States as a young man. His goal? To convert Christians to Islam. It was only after a Christian friend tried to convert him that he found himself intrigued and watched a man share the…
Jarrett Johnston
January 21, 2021