Experimental interfaith house adapts to coronavirus pandemic
The four fellows of the Abrahamic House (from left), Jonathan Simcosky, Maya Mansour, Ala' Khan, and Hadar Cohen, pose for a selfie while watching a sunset in celebration of the start of Ramadan. (Photo by Ala' Khan)
Hadar Cohen, Ala’ Khan, Maya Mansour, and Jonathan Simcosky arrived as strangers, ready to embark on a new interfaith journey. The four roommates moved into a house in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles earlier this year.
They come from different faiths: Baha’i, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. They live rent-free in a new interfaith experiment known as the Abrahamic House, the brainchild of 33-year-old Mohammed Al Samawi, a Muslim man from Yemen who, in his memoir, The Fox Hunt, writes about the threats he endured for his interfaith advocacy.
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