The handmade card that Hisham Yacout held in his hands was nothing fancy, just a red lace heart pasted on pink construction paper, but it meant a lot to him.
Hisham, 14, attends the Islamic Center of Macon. The card came from about 25 children of the High Street Unitarian Universalist Church of Macon, as well as other children in the community. The children visited the mosque Sunday to deliver friendship cards to the Muslim children there having school.
“It makes me happy that they spent their time making cards for us,” Hisham said. “It was a really nice gesture.”
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