Into Egypt with Joseph, Out of Egypt with Moses

A winding footpath leads into the granite mountains of Sinai.

For Yūsuf, Egypt was the place where a father and his lost son could finally embrace. For Mūsā, it was the place from which a mother had to let her infant go.

What Will You Worship After Me? Jacob’s Last Question

A clay lamp lights a woven sleeping mat in an ancient home.

At the bedside of the man whose name a nation would carry, his sons had to answer a question their ancestry could never answer for them.

The True Heirs of Abraham

A worn limestone path winds between olive trees and terraces in the hills around Hebron.

Ibrāhīm is upright precisely because he inclines away from shirk. He is straight because he has turned away from every crooked object of worship.

Jerusalem: Where Empires Fade and Prophets Endure

The golden Dome of the Rock catches the last light above Jerusalem’s limestone roofs and olive trees.

Every span of Jerusalem has witnessed the footsteps of prophets, the standing of angels, and the rise and fall of nations.