Jean Zaru wins justice award

Beacon of hope

by Sue Glover Frykman 23rd June 2010

‘In a part of the world that is often painted in different shades of violence, Jean Zaru is a beacon of hope. She is an advocate for dialogue between religions and is, as a lone female church leader in the Middle East, a role model for women’s leadership. During her entire life, Jean Zaru has chosen nonviolence to resist the oppression under which she lives; nonviolence because it exposes and challenges the structural violence on all levels. Nonviolence because it makes the oppressors realise that they, too, are victims of the violence they impart. Nonviolence because Jean Zaru believes in the human being, the entire human being.’