![]() We have all heard about Christians being tortured because of their faith in Christ. President Obama has been silent on the issue as an American Christian endures the horrors of Evin Prison.” As of the writing of this article, Obama’s silence has continued. Franklin Graham stated in July concerning Saeed’s wife that, “She’s also discouraged by the fact that our own government seems to have abandoned them. She has recently given testimony before the United Nations about Saeed’s condition and has appealed for his release. Saeed has a wife, Naghmeh, and two young children, all of which are United States citizens. He has remained faithful despite the torture. The beatings and torture has been administered to Saeed to force him to convert to Islam, yet he has refused to turn his heart from Christ. The beatings have caused internal bleeding, and family members in Iran have said that he is now passing out due to the intensity of the pain he endures on a daily basis. This is a notorious prison where prisoners are rarely released alive.īecause of his faith in Christ, he has been severely beaten, tortured, and put into solitary confinement. He was falsely accused of “endangering national security” and sentenced to eight years in Evin Prison. In 2012, he was arrested in Iran while building an orphanage. ![]() Saeed Abedini is an American citizen and Christian pastor. ![]()
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If you are looking for a book that retells the story of the ballet, this is not that book. The book provides with a (small) behind-the-scenes glimpse of the production of The Nutcracker. The book focuses on the many, many years of hard work and dedicated practice that went into her being chosen to play Marie. Premise/plot: Charlotte and the Nutcracker is a new picture book based on the true story of Charlotte Nebres, the first Black girl to play the role of Marie in New York City's production of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker. But Charlotte gets the best gift she can imagine: her first ballet class. First sentence: It isn't quite Christmas-not yet. ![]() ![]() However, I can't help but feel that the mechanism Hobb uses to make it clear that Kennit is a villain and not a cool, amoral antihero - the rape of another character - is a little too obvious. 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