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BOOK MARKERThe new book, I Got This by Academy-Award winner Jennifer Hudson is an honest and inspirational story of dreaming big, winning big, and losing big. I Got This is Jennifer’s journey from a girl growing up on Chicago’s SouthSide to performing on the American Idol stage, where she heard not one but numerous re-marks about her look not being right for stardom.Tired of always trying to look the part, and raising a son for whom Jennifer wanted to seta good example, she decided to get healthy. She would lose the weight, once and for all—not for a role, not for a record label, but for herself.Teaming up with Weight Watchers and using their PointsPlus® program, Jennifer learnedhow to think about food differently, and in the process, changed her life for the better.In I Got This, she’ll show you how she embraced Weight Watchers as a realistic, healthyway of life and helps anyone who has ever suffered from a weight problem to do thesame.

On Broadway Five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald sets the stage ablaze with a stunning perfor- mance as Billie Holliday in Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill in New York. Lanie Robertson’s play with music depicts a real-life nightclub performance by the leg- endary Holiday in 1959 Philadelphia, just a few months before her death at age 44. In a near-solo turn, McDonald recreates Holliday’s signature style, crooning 15 of the singer’s iconic tunes including: “God Bless the Child,” “Strange Fruit,” “What a Little Moonlight Can Do,” and “Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do.” In between songs, she relates stories from her checkered past including her struggles with drug addiction, numerous arrests, failed relationships and encountering racism as she toured the deep south with Artie Shaw’s band. The only other characters are the three mu- sicians who accompany her. Lonny Price, who directed McDonald in 110 in the Shade and the New York Philharmonic concert production of Sweeney Todd, stages the production. You’ll feel you’re actually in the presence of this musical legend. McDonald interacts with the audience members, this an unfor- gettable show. This show runs until August 2014. Visit www.ticketmaster.com for more infor- mation regarding show dates and times.



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Fighting With FAITH(CNN) -- Hours after a Sudanese court sentenced his Meriam Ibrahim and husbandpregnant wife to death when she refused to recant her Daniel WaniChristian faith, her husband told CNN he feels help-less. In the meantime, Ibrahim, who is eight\"I'm so frustrated. I don't know what to do,\" Daniel months' pregnant, remains in prison with herWani told CNN. \"I'm just praying.\" 20-month-old son.A Khartoum court convicted his wife, Meriam YehyaIbrahim, 27, of apostasy, or the renunciation of faith. Ibrahim was born to a Sudanese Muslim fa-Ibrahim is Christian, her husband said. But the court ther and an Ethiopian Orthodox mother. Herconsiders her to be Muslim. father left when she was 6 years old, and Ib-The court also convicted her of adultery and sentenced rahim was raised by her mother as a Chris-her to 100 lashes because her marriage to a Christian tian.man is considered void under Sharia law. However, because her father was Muslim, the courts considered her to be the same, which would mean her marriage to a non- Muslim man is void.\"I am a Christian,\" Ibrahim fired back, \"and I will re- A family dividedmain a Christian.\" The court's ruling leaves a family divided,Her legal team says it plans to appeal the verdict, with Ibrahim behind bars and her husbandwhich drew swift condemnation from human rights or- struggling to survive, Elnabi said.ganizations around the world. Continue on next page

Police blocked Wani from entering the courtroom on Sudan is one of the most difficult countriesThursday, Elnabi said. Lawyers appealed to the judge, in the world to be a Christian, according tobut he refused, Elnabi said. international religious freedom monitors.Wani uses a wheelchair and \"totally depends on her \"Conversion from Islam is a crime punisha-for all details of his life,\" Elnabi said. ble by death, suspected converts to Christi-\"He cannot live without her,\" said the lawyer. anity face societal pressures, and govern-The couple's son is having a difficult time in prison. ment security personnel intimidate and\"He is very affected from being trapped inside a pris- sometimes torture those suspected of con-on from such a young age,\" Elnabi said. \"He is al- version,\" said the commission, whose mem-ways getting sick due to lack of hygiene and bugs.\" bers are appointed by Congress and the pres-Ibrahim is having a difficult pregnancy, the lawyer ident.said. A request to send her to a private hospital wasdenied \"due to security measures.\" The Sudanese government has arrestedThere also is the question of the timing of a potential Christians for spreading their faith, razedexecution. Christian churches and confiscated Chris-In past cases involving pregnant or nursing women, tians' property, the commission said.the Sudanese government waited until the mother Since 1999, the U.S. State Department hasweaned her child before executing any sentence, said called Sudan one of the worst offenders ofChristian Solidarity Worldwide spokeswoman Kiri religious rights, counting it among eightKankhwende. \"countries of particular concern.\"Rights groups, governments ask for compassion \"The government at times enforced lawsAmnesty International describes Ibrahim as a prisoner against blasphemy and defaming Islam,\" theof conscience. State Department said in its most recent re-\"The fact that a woman could be sentenced to death port on religious freedom, from 2012.for her religious choice, and to flogging for being The State Department's other countries ofmarried to a man of an allegedly different religion, is concern, all of which impose strict penaltiesabhorrent and should never be even considered,\" on Christians or other faiths are: MyanmarManar Idriss, Amnesty International's Sudan re- (also known as Burma), China, Eritrea, Iran,searcher, said in a statement. North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan.\"'Adultery' and 'apostasy' are acts which should not be Among all religious groups, Christians areconsidered crimes at all, let alone meet the interna- the most likely to be persecuted worldwide,tional standard of 'most serious crimes' in relation to according to a 2014 report by the Pew Re-the death penalty. It is a flagrant breach of interna- search Center.tional human rights law,\" the researcher said. Between June 2006 and December 2012,Katherine Perks with the African Centre for Justice Christians were harassed by governments inand Peace Studies said the verdict goes against Su- 151 countries, Pew reported. Islam was se-dan's \"own Constitution and commitments made un- cond, with 135 countries. Together, Chris-der regional and international law.\" tians and Muslims make up half of the\"Meriam has been convicted solely on account of her world's population, Pew noted.religious convictions and personal status,\" she said. (Continues on next page)

Fighting With FaithElnabi says he got a death threat aday before the controversial courthearing, with an anonymous callertelling him to pull out of representingIbrahim or risk attack.\"I feel very scared,\" he said. \"Sinceyesterday, I live in fear if I just hear adoor open or a strange sound in thestreet.\"Still, the lawyer said he'll continue Women praying for Meriam Ibrahimrepresenting Ibrahim.\"I could never leave the case. This isa matter of belief and principles,\" hesaid. \"I must help someone who is inneed, even if it will cost me my life.\"Sometimes we take for granted whatsomeone else has to literally fight for.As Christians living in a free country,we should feel blessed to be able toconfess our faith without facing anypersecution from any court system.We stand in prayer with Ibrahim, forwe know in the end, God's will shallbe done.This story was first reported by CNN on May 29, 2014. Since then Ibrahim hasbeen released from prison, but police continue to keep her and her family underclose surveillance.