About the Author
Miranda Hirezi-Mugnier is an Arab-American Christian born in Bethlehem, whose life has unfolded across cultures, continents, and moments of history. Shaped by faith, resilience, and a lifelong search for belonging, she has called six countries home across the Middle East, India, and the United States. Her experiences include enduring the first month of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, a period that deepened her understanding of loss, endurance, and the quiet strength required to survive upheaval.
A former Middle East cultural consultant and senior Arabic linguist, Miranda writes with the insight of someone who has lived history from within it. Her voice carries both humor and compassion, weaving moments of grace and reflection into stories marked by displacement and hope. Through her writing, she seeks to bridge cultures, awaken empathy, and affirm the dignity and shared humanity that endure even in the face of tragedy.
Miranda’s pride and joy is her family, whose roots begin with her parents and whose branches extend through their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and all the lives joined to them. She now resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she continues to write, reflect, and bear witness.
Why I wrote "Scattered, Yet Whole?"
I am what you might call a late bloomer. Writing my memoir lingered on the back burner for decades—not for lack of stories, but because life kept asking me to live them.
My life unfolded in many seasons—so many that I often joked about being a cat with nine lives. Each phase felt like a different life altogether: daughter, exile, student, wife, mother, immigrant, caregiver. Through it all, I believed there was a purpose behind every experience and that God was shaping something I did not yet fully see.
At the heart of this book is a desire to honor my parents and the legacy they entrusted to us—faith, dignity, resilience, and an unwavering belief in humanity. Their values shaped not only who I became, but how I saw the world.
Coming to America gave this calling new urgency. I encountered genuine curiosity mixed with deep misunderstanding about Arabs and Palestinians, and I felt a responsibility to explain patiently, humanely, and truthfully.
At seventy-five, I finally gathered my scattered reflections into one narrative. Scattered, Yet Whole is my journey as a Palestinian-American Christian woman through loss of homeland, life in the diaspora, love, faith, and the discovery that wholeness is possible even in a fragmented life.
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