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Zak Ebrahim

Biography

Zak Ebrahim

Zak Ebrahim was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 24, 1983, the son of an Egyptian industrial engineer and an American school teacher. When Ebrahim was seven, his father shot and killed the founder of the Jewish Defense League, Rabbi Meir Kahane. From behind bars his father, El-Sayyid Nosair, co-masterminded the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Ebrahim spent the rest of his childhood moving from city to city, hiding his identity from those who knew of his father. He now dedicates his life to speaking out against terrorism and spreading his message of peace and nonviolence.

Zak Ebrahim

Books by Zak Ebrahim

Written by Zak Ebrahim with Jeff Giles. - Cultural Studies, Culture, Current Affairs, Nonfiction

What is it like to grow up with a terrorist in your home? Zak Ebrahim was only seven years old when his father El-Sayyid Nosair shot and killed the leader of the Jewish Defense League. While in prison, Nosair helped plan the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. For Zak Ebrahim, a childhood amongst terrorism was all he knew. Yet, though his radicalized father and uncles modeled fanatical beliefs, to Ebrahim something never felt right. In this book, Ebrahim dispels the myth that terrorism is a foregone conclusion for people trained to hate. Based on his own remarkable journey, he shows that hate is always a choice --- but so is tolerance. His original, urgent message is fresh, groundbreaking, and essential to the current discussion about terrorism.