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Sahar Qumsiyeh is the author of Peace for a Palestinian: One Woman’s Story of Faith amidst War in the Holy Land where she tells of her life as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Palestine. In this interview we hear her story of converting to the Church at Brigham Young University and then serving in Church leadership positions when she returned to the Jerusalem Branch, and also in Turkey during her graduate school. Sahar currently lives in Rexburg, Idaho where she teaches mathematics.
Kurt Francom from Leading Saints with Sahar Qumsiyeh during the interview
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Peace for a Palestinian: One Woman’s Story of Faith amidst War in the Holy Land
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Highlights
- 2:20 The development of Sahar’s faith before joining the Church
- 4:20 What lead her to BYU
- 5:45 What she knew about Mormons before going to BYU
- 7:30 Her conversion story
- 9:30 The transition from Provo, Utah to Palestine as a member of the Church
- 12:15 Why going to Church was difficult for Sahar as a Palestinian
- 21:25 Sahar’s experience serving in the Church in Turkey while she attended graduate school
- 23:15 Being in the Relief Society presidency in Turkey
- 28:00 Being called as Relief Society president in the Jerusalem Branch
- 29:30 What the Jerusalem Branch is like
- 34:00 The creation of the Bethlehem Branch
- 42:00 Serving as Primary President in the Bethlehem Branch
- 47:00 Leadership principles learned as a leader in the Church
