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Journey to Jordan: meet the mayor of Amman, in the “land of the sunrise of faith”

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The Deacon's Bench

Deacon Greg Kandra - published on 04/17/15

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If you were looking for a figure representing the diversity and religious harmony of Jordan, you couldn’t do much better than a man who was born in Gaza, was raised a Quaker, married a Muslim, and now serves as the mayor of the capital city of Amman.

Meet Mayor Akel Biltaji.

Read the rest over at CNEWA’s blog One-to-One.

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