Maryam Younnes: From Lebanese Refugee to Advocate for Middle East Christians
By Anya Schmidt | BEIRUT – 2025/09/01 09:53:43
Maryam Younnes, a Christian activist, was forced to flee Lebanon for Israel as a child due to Hezbollah‘s rise to power. Her experiences have shaped her advocacy for minority rights and honest dialog about Middle Eastern conflicts.
As of her life in the Jewish State, she is now banned permanently from entering her native homeland.
Her paradigm and narrative-breaking backstory has led her to dedicating her professional life to advancing minority rights in the Middle East and speaking truth about the ongoing conflicts on social media.
The overwhelming plight of indigenous Middle East Christians has been almost entirely ignored by mainstream media outlets. Despite ongoing persecution,displacement,and the erosion of centuries-old Christian communities,their struggles rarely make headlines compared to other regional narratives.
Simultaneously occurring, the global community continues to show a pattern of bias and inaccuracy in its understanding of the region’s conflicts. Rather than presenting a balanced account, much of the discourse is shaped by selective reporting and entrenched political agendas.This imbalance not only obscures the suffering of Christians in the Middle east but also distorts the broader picture of the humanitarian and religious challenges unfolding across the region.
“the overwhelming plight of indigenous Middle East Christians has been almost entirely ignored by mainstream media outlets.”