Editor's note: Marica Wright’s family hosted two members of
the Al Raja Folkloric Dance Troupe this summer. Marica, 15, wrote about
the visit in her church newsletter at Lord of Love Lutheran, Omaha, Neb. It is excerpted here.
My
mom informed me that we would have two Muslim girls staying at our
house for two days this summer—Jafra Abdellatif Ata Aqel, 16, and Razon
Ibrahim Yassin Najjar, 15.
We attended the group’s
performance—a whirl of motion, color and sound in a Palestinian
folkloric dance. It certainly wasn’t the clothing or dancing I was used
to, but I really appreciated and enjoyed it. Their joy for and
celebration of life, even though theirs is constantly threatened in
their homeland, touched me and opened my eyes to the peace in my life
that I take for granted.
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