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Holding Fast To Hope: Afghanistan Update

March 4, 2025February 18, 2025 thewaitingworld

About a month ago, we reported to you that Afghan women, who have suffered so much under Taliban rule, are now having to contend with a new law that closed all midwifery programs.  That was the one area in the… Read moreHolding Fast To Hope: Afghanistan Update

Afghanistan  Muslim, Persecution, Pray, women

Last Door Closes For Women In Afghanistan

January 16, 2025January 3, 2025 thewaitingworld

This story is from Mission Network News (mnnonline.org) on 12/26/24  — “The Taliban in Afghanistan recently came out with another harsh restriction. Afghan women are now banned from education in nursing and midwifery – the last open door for women’s… Read moreLast Door Closes For Women In Afghanistan

Afghanistan  Persecution, Taliban, women

Pray for the Women of Afghanistan

June 20, 2024June 17, 2024 thewaitingworld

The stories you’ve heard about the women of Afghanistan suffering under the harsh rule of the Taliban are true. Before the Taliban, women were educated and they had wonderful opportunities to go to college and become doctors, lawyers, and educators…. Read morePray for the Women of Afghanistan

Afghanistan  Muslim, Persecution, women

Christian Pakistani Girl Kidnapped By Muslim Employer Shares Her Story

December 5, 2023December 3, 2023 thewaitingworld

(From The Christian n Post, 12/3/23) – Nayab Gill was just 13 years old when she was taken from her home in Gujranwala, Pakistan, by her Muslim employer. She was forced to convert to Islam and made to marry her… Read moreChristian Pakistani Girl Kidnapped By Muslim Employer Shares Her Story

Middle East  Persecution, women

A Digital Lifeline of Hope For Afghan Women

November 30, 2023November 28, 2023 thewaitingworld

(From Mission Network News) As Afghanistan worsens for women who are forced to stay in their homes, the digital church offers them hope!  Even though the United States has taken in many Afghan refugees after the fall of that nation… Read moreA Digital Lifeline of Hope For Afghan Women

Afghanistan  Persecution, women

Life For Women In Afghanistan Is Bleak

September 17, 2023September 15, 2023 thewaitingworld

(Portions of this post are taken from the Morning Star Development August, 2023 Newsletter. The above photo from Unsplash shows Afghan women refugees protesting the Taliban in another country.) Recently I was sitting with an Afghan friend, and she showed… Read moreLife For Women In Afghanistan Is Bleak

Afghanistan  Persecution, women

A Woman of the Middle East Finds Her Value in Christ

August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 thewaitingworld

We all know that the people of the Middle East are mostly followers of Islam.  In fact, about 20% of the world’s Muslims live there, and about 85% of the people living in the Middle East are Muslim.  Christians comprise… Read moreA Woman of the Middle East Finds Her Value in Christ

Middle East  Muslim, women

“Christ gave me water”: an Iraqi woman’s testimony

June 27, 2023June 27, 2023 thewaitingworld

(Following is a true testimony from a 37 year old woman from Iraq.  We’ll call her “M”.  It comes to us via Call Her Blessed, a ministry to women in the Middle East) – “Before knowing Christ, I suffered from… Read more“Christ gave me water”: an Iraqi woman’s testimony

Muslims seeking Christ  women

A Saudi Woman’s Life Is Changed

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 thewaitingworld

(This is from Call Her Blessed, a Middle Eastern – based ministry that helps many Muslim women and their families) – “A lady who’s a Muslim background believer from Saudi Arabia came to our center in Zarqa with her neighbors…. Read moreA Saudi Woman’s Life Is Changed

Saudi Arabia  MBB, women

“Fashion Police” And Freedom

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 thewaitingworld

(Source: Crescentproject.org article by Sarah Abdalla) At 22 years of age, most young women here in the U.S. are busy ending their undergraduate studies, entering careers, and finding their “true loves.” This is not the case for all women, however,… Read more“Fashion Police” And Freedom

Persecution of women  Muslim, women

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