AUDIO: Luma Simms on Elder Care in Eastern Cultures

Maybe Western people are weary of reports on Middle Eastern Christians. But Janine di Giovanni’s The Vanishing is unique because di Giovanni is not seeking a solution, and indeed knows there may not be one.

Where Western Christians would stand and fight, Eastern Christians have learned to endure – or flee.

Many people are in desperate situations but do not want to leave their countries. We need to find ways to help them.

If there is a clash of civilizations, it is not between the Judeo-Christian West and Islam, as Huntington and others have often seen it.