By Kirby Neumann-Rea • Of the News-Register • November 3, 2023 TweetBack, and Forth: Telling Middle East story takes may voices, viewsTwo weeks ago, I wrote about the Israel-Gaza situation. Bayoumi spoke Oct. 26 as part of Linfield University’s NW Media Fest, reaching an audience of about 60 in Nicholson Library. He said he came to talk “about narratives, about stories.”“We live in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic United States, and an important way to recognize this multiplicity is to celebrate our diversity. “The idea that the United States is only one story, say, pilgrims to settlers to British subjects to independent citizens, is something almost no one believes in. And I think he’s right.”Bayoumi stated, “The act of interpretation is the act of questioning what makes something socially acceptable.