Leon McCarron is on an epic journey, traveling from Damascus to Medina
We're following along on social media as API Senior Fellow Leon McCarron traces the route of the famed Hejaz Railway!
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The Abraham Path Initiative
The mission of the Abraham Path Initiative is to promote understanding in the Middle East by following the steps and using the tools of the legendary Abraham:
Walking, Listening, and Hospitality to the Stranger
Over the last eighteen years, the Abraham Path Initiative has developed over 2,000 km of trails, welcomed over 80,000 walkers, and completed hundreds of storytelling and education projects.
The benefits that have flowed to communities on the Path include economic development, women's empowerment, environmental conservation, and their stories being heard by a global audience.
The Abraham Path initiative is a U.S. based non-profit and an inclusive, secular, apolitical organization.
Our Work:
$262,923 investment as the primary sponsor of the Zagros Mountain Trail in Iraqi Kurdistan
$250,000 trail building investment in Turkey and $21,000 in Earthquake Recovery Funding in Turkey in 2023
$3.3M investment in Palestine in partnership with the World Bank
$50,000 trail building investment in the Egyptian Sinai
$260,000 feasibility study in Saudi Arabia
"Every step along the Abraham Path connects us as human beings across culture, language, religion, and nationality. Every hospitable welcome, every shared meal and story, every smile connects. Step by step, we build a better future.”
William Ury, Founder and Chair Emeritus
The Abraham Path is a cultural route celebrating a journey made 4,000 years ago by Abraham and his family. The path retraces the cultural memory of that journey based on the power of Story, Walking and Hospitality. The path is a great work in progress, literally growing step by step in various regions throughout the Middle East.
The purpose of the Abraham Path is to inspire hope for humanity.
“One of the best new trails in the world in 2017.”
Wanderlust Magazine.
“The message that Sinai is not a war-torn province but a destination with stunning natural beauty and rich culture can be difficult to broadcast over the clamor of conflict, but it’s slowly making a difference.”
AramcoWorld, May-June 2018.
The Abraham Path was selected as one of the best 10 new walking trails in the world by National Geographic in April, 2019.
