From Sarah Kyrie

Argyle

To the Editor:

Thank you so much for keeping our community up-to-date on former Monroe High School foreign exchange student Anastasia Yacoub and her experiences of living in occupied Palestine. 

Lately I’ve been haunted by the media generalizations made to depict a violent Islamic religion: my Muslim friends and family are a peace-loving people BECAUSE of their faith. As all people, they are deserving to live a life free of fear. 

It is a silver lining in this very dark cloud that a small Wisconsin community can recognize a familiar face in a sea of foreign tragedy and experience empathy. 

With eyes towards the peaceable kingdom.