3 DEC: #ChristmasStories from the Middle East - Yolande Knell, BBC Middle East Correspondent - “Palestinian mothers dance for the bride at a Christmas wedding for a young Iraqi Christian couple in Amman. It is a bitter sweet occasion. The families are celebrating but they are away from their home in northern Iraq with no prospect of returning any time soon. There are displaced Iraqi Christians – many from Mosul and Nineva - living in Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon as well as other parts of their homeland. Iraqi church leaders, worried about the future of their communities, say they are doing their best to care for the refugees and encourage them to stay in the Middle East.” Photo: Yolande Knell /BBC #ChristmasStories #BBCMiddleEast @BBCNews by bbcnews

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