by Nermien Riad | Mar 13, 2015 | Serve To Learn
Dear Friends, January 2015 was a special month in Armant, a small, rural village near Luxor. What made it so special was the meeting of 12 volunteers from around the world with Egyptian children — the world’s most wonderful kids! The volunteers spent three weeks... 
by Nermien Riad | Mar 10, 2015 | Approaches to Charity and Development, Issues:Education
Who was Islam Sharif, and what does his death mean for Coptic Orphans? We know little about him, except that he died after a severe beating from his teacher. He was punished for not doing his homework. He passed away on Sunday in Cairo, at 12 years old, of a brain... 
by Nermien Riad | Mar 6, 2015 | Serve To Learn
Dear Friends, This January, 12 Serve to Learn volunteers visited Egypt for three weeks to serve children in the village of Armant… and the friendships that sprouted are worth blogging about. Here’s one in a series of posts based on the idea that “a... 
by Nermien Riad | Feb 26, 2015 | Approaches to Charity and Development, Diaspora
By murdering the 21 martyrs on camera, the Islamic State wanted to make us a passive audience for their theater of horrors. But against their own intentions, in trying to tell their story, the killers presented us with a clear choice and an important opportunity to... 
by Nermien Riad | Feb 20, 2015 | Diaspora
What I’m about to say is not going to be popular, but it needs to be said. The 21 martyrs died of malice, of murderousness. But they also died of neglect. What do I mean by that? I mean that the 21 are not the first, and far from the last. A million martyrs are...