Then came the death threats: first on Facebook, then through terrifying anonymous phone calls. After connecting with Jews and Christians on social media, and at various international interfaith conferences, Mohammed became an activist, making it his mission to promote dialogue and cooperation in Yemen. But when Mohammed was twenty-three, he secretly received a copy of the Bible, and what he read cast doubt on everything he'd previously believed. Mohammed was covered by People Magazine, New York Times, Washington Post, MSNBC, C-SPAN among others.A young man's moving story of war, friendship, and hope in which he recounts his harrowing escape from a brutal civil war in Yemen with the help of a daring plan engineered on social media by a small group of interfaith activists in the West.īorn in the Old City of Sana'a, Yemen, to a pair of middle-class doctors, Mohammed Al Samawi was a devout Muslim raised to think of Christians and Jews as his enemy. Mohammed remains committed to the exchange of core values that define our religious traditions and hopes to advance this work through his interfaith organization, Abrahamic House, to build sustainable interfaith learning and action across Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Baha’i communities in order to foster an environment of learning, respect and social change.Īmblin Entertainment, Steven Spielberg, La La Land producer Marc Platt and Josh Singer, Academy Award winner for best original screenplay for “Spotlight,” are developing the movie “The Fox Hunt,” based on Mohammed’s autobiography. Mohammed’s journey to interfaith commitment ultimately saved his life when four American strangers helped rescue him from extremist groups in Yemen six years ago.
Mohammed’s personal journey led him from harboring a deep suspicion of other faiths to becoming a peace advocate. Mohammed Al-Samawi is an interfaith activist, a refugee from Yemen, and the author of the best-selling autobiography The Fox Hunt: A Refugee’s Memoir of Coming To America.
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