Kathy J. Daruty

Katingo & Shukry an American Story Kathy J. Daruty

A rabic speaking Christians have left their homelands steadily and in increasing numbers since the last decades of the Ottoman Empire. In the late 19th Century, Christians were 25% of the population in the Levant where this story begins; now they number fewer than 8%. Today, from Egypt to Iraq and throughout the Levant, Christians are a small, often oppressed minority who face an uncertain future. This family memoir collects the stories told by the title characters, Palestinian Orthodox Christians, who left Jerusalem and came to America. The events impacting their lives during the 20th Century are described from their unique and rarely heard perspective. Recounted especially for their descendants and loved ones, Katingo and Shukry's stories offer lessons for us all, and remind us how lucky we are to live in America.