I hope that when future generations talk about the tragedy at Bondi Beach in Australia that happened last week, in the same breath, they will also talk about Ahmad al-Ahmad - the brave fruit seller, who was a bystander and risked his life to save countless innocent persons.

If we only pay attention to the rhetoric that encompasses us all, and one that we often are a part of amplifying, he does not fit the bill of a likely hero. Here is someone who is an immigrant, someone who is not affluent, and is a member of a faith community different from the one that was being attacked. He is a complete outsider in a world where we reward self-interest, reject the idea of sacrifice for others, and view others who may not look like us with deep suspicion. Yet, his extraordinary actions speak to something deeper inside us -........

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