For two people immersed in social justice and antiwar work, where everything seems to happen at a glacial pace, love came in an instant. The couple met in 2016, at a Washington conference that Ms. McCracken had organized. Its subject was American weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, and Mr. Jarrar was to speak at the event. “He’s brilliant and he’s really charming and he cares about the same things I care about,” Ms. McCracken said. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“He’s Palestinian and Iraqi, I’m a white girl from Connecticut, so we couldn’t be more different in some respects,” Ms. McCracken said.

Source: New York Times April 28, 2018 18:33 UTC