If I were to become a Christian, it would mean not only changing my religion but changing my whole identity, and bringing shame upon my family.
My whole family is Muslim, and my society and culture were Muslim.
Changing from Islam to Christianity would mess up my life forever.
So writes Abu Atallah, who grew up in Cairo as an ordinary Egyptian Muslim.
He was deeply embedded in his family, religion, and country.
For a time he was part of the Muslim Brotherhood.
But as he came of age, he.