ARUTZ SHEVA
From Kuwaiti Arab to Orthodox Jew
by Hezki Baruch
March 6, 2018

A man born to a Muslim Arab family in Kuwait who eventually embraced his grandmother’s Jewish roots and became an Israeli citizen spoke about his journey from Islam to Orthodox Judaism at a meeting of the Knesset at the Israel Victory Caucus Tuesday. Mark Halawa was born to a secular Muslim family in Kuwait, and like many in the Arab world, viewed the State of Israel as an enemy, despite knowing that his maternal grandmother was Jewish…”They taught me from a young age that Jews have no connection this land, and that Israel is a racist colonial project…READ MORE