Kimberly Meyer teaches literature as well as the flagship ten-hour Great Books course at the Honors College at the University of Houston, and it is there that she first read about Brother Felix Fabri's pilgrimage to the Holy Land from 1483-1484. Fabri becomes Kimberly's guide in her modern-day pilgrimage -- her search for home. With a timely significance, their journey to Israel, Palestinian Territories, and Egypt, provide a unique perspective on this landscape, both literal and figurative -- the Middle East now and then.
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To a mother and daughter on an illuminating pilgrimage, this is what the desert said: Carry only what you need. Burn what can't be saved. Leave the remnants as an offering. When Kimberly Meyer gave birth to her first daughter, Ellie, during her senio... SEE MORE