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July 31, 2014

Meriam Ibrahim leaves Italy for new life in New Hampshire

Meriam Ibrahim of Sudan carries one of her children as she arrives with Lapo Pistelli, Italy's vice minister for foreign affairs, holding her other child, Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, left, and his wife Agnese, second from left in green, after landing at a Rome airport July 24. The Sudanese woman, who was spared a death sentence for converting from Islam to Christianity and then was barred from leaving Sudan, left Italy on July 31 on a flight for the United States where she plans to build a new life.

ROME - Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith and then spared after an international campaign, left Italy on July 31 on a flight for the United States, where she plans to build a new life.

Published in International
July 28, 2014

Meriam Ibrahim, freed from Sudan, plans to settle in New Hampshire

Meriam Ibrahim of Sudan carries one of her children as she arrives with Lapo Pistelli. She hopes to settle in New Hampshire.

ROME - Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian who was flown to Rome after her death sentence was overturned, is now dreaming of building a future in the United States.

Published in International