Palestinians at home at Y.

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: August 19, 2006| Author: Tad Walch Deseret Morning News | Copyright information

PROVO -- Hanging in the window of a Palestinian antique merchant's shop in Jerusalem's Old City is a sign that says, "My money and my daughter go to BYU."

Brigham Young University hasn't sent students to its Jerusalem Center since 2000 because of concerns about safety in the Middle East, but a little-known scholarship program has continued to send a steady flow of young Palestinians from the Holy Land to BYU.

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