Samya was born into a Christian family in Beirut, Lebanon. At the age of six, in Sunday school, she opened her heart to accept Christ as Lord. During the civil war in Lebanon (1975-1990), God saved Samya from actual death three times. Samya and her family suffered severe losses in that war and many of her friends and neighbors were killed by Muslims. During her college years, God dealt with Samya’s brokenness and amazingly she was able to forgive and love the Muslims who were considered intolerable enemies in her community. Healing took place in 1989 when the Lord led her to work at an Arabic Christian radio station. 

 

God expanded Samya’s ministry in the 1990s to include writing and presenting hundreds of Christian Arabic radio programs that impacted the Arab world. Samya met her husband Mike in Cyprus. They married in 1992 in Egypt where they lived and served as tentmakers for seven years. Samya and her family immigrated to the US in 1999.

 

Today Samya is heavily involved in writing, training, and educating the Western church about Islam and how to reach Muslims, as well as leading the operations of Call of Love Ministries.