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LELA GILBERT – AUTHOR
I write about Christian Persecution, Anti-Semitism and International Religious Freedom. Here you will find my latest books, news articles and media about Faith and Religious Freedom…
NEW BOOK RELEASE
Heroic Faith: Hope Amid Global Persecution
From Asia to Africa, from the Middle East to Europe and beyond, the global persecution of Christians becomes more ominous with every passing year. Heroic Faith takes a close look at the tragic circumstances Christians face due to dangerous and sometimes deadly opposition to their faith. And the book’s true stories of courage, persistence, and faithfulness offer insight, inspiration, and hope.
Now available wherever books are sold.
LATEST FROM LELA GILBERT


The Washington Stand: What Comes Next for War-Torn Israel?
The Washington Stand: Tumultuous Times in Israel
The Washington Stand: How Can Christians Respond to Israel’s Ongoing War?
The Washington Stand: Why Is the U.S. Turning a Blind Eye to Nigeria’s Genocide?
The Washington Stand: Remembering the Passover in Troubled Times
The Washington Stand: Abused Armenian Christians: Today and Yesterday
The Washington Stand: Is the White House Playing Political Games with Israel’s Soldiers and Hostages?
The Washington Stand: Remember to Pray for Nigeria’s Endangered Christians
The Washington Stand: Saturday People, Sunday People and Americans at Risk
The Washington Stand: Israel: On Our Minds and Hearts
The Washington Stand: Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem and the People of Israel
The Washington Stand: Israel’s 9/11: Deadly Attacks on Israel’s Vulnerable Borders
Religion Unplugged: Dispatches From Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian Christians Flee Another Genocide
The Washington Stand: Slow and Silent Genocide: Please Pray for Artsakh’s Endangered Armenian Christians
The Washington Stand: A Brief Return to Israel: Reflections and Reasons for Concern
2022 ARTICLES
BOOKS BY LELA GILBERT
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LELA GILBERT MEDIA APPEARANCES

SPECIAL FEATURE
Masih Alinejad has recently been in the news because of an exposed Iranian government plot to kidnap her and return her to Iran. The mullahs fear her courageous reporting about the regime’s brutal injustices. Masih is recognized by millions of global admirers for inspiring protests against the Iranian regime’s enforced mandatory hijab.
She believes that the compulsory wearing of the traditional women’s Islamic head covering is a visual symbol of submission to Sharia law, and more specifically of female submission to overbearing male authority. And through her videos and interviews, she has developed an enormous social media following for her Facebook page “MyStealthyFreedom” and her Twitter hashtag #WhiteWednesdays.
It was my honor to meet Masih a couple of years ago and to interview her.

ABOUT LELA GILBERT
Lela Gilbert is a prolific and award-winning writer who has authored or co-authored more than sixty books.
Lela, who lived in Israel for more than 10 years, authored the critically acclaimed Saturday People, Sunday People: Israel through the Eyes of a Christian Sojourner (Encounter Books, 2012) which, although authored by a Christian, was listed as one of the 20 best non-fiction Jewish books of 2012 by J.G. Myers in Jewish Ideas Daily.
More recently, her latest book about Baroness Cox, Eyewitness to a Broken World, was released in November 2021. She has also co-authored a new book on International Religious Freedom – Heroic Faith: Hope Amid Global Persecution – which will be released in the summer of 2022.
Lela Gilbert has traveled extensively in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Asia and her work on international religious freedom issues dates to the late 1980s. She serves as Senior Fellow for International Religious Freedom at Family Research Council and as a Fellow at Hudson Institute, working with the Center for Religious Freedom.
She writes about ever-increasing international Christian persecution; the expulsion of Jews from Muslim lands in the mid-20th Century alongside today’s genocide against Christians in those same countries and well beyond. She writes for Newsweek, Jerusalem Post, Fox News, ReligionUnplugged, Providence Magazine and a variety of other publications.
Lela Gilbert continues to be interviewed on international webinars, television and radio, and she is also active on Facebook, Twitter, and Linked-In.
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