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.
An extraordinary story, never before told: The intimate, behind-the-scenes life of an American boy raised by his terrorist father—the man who planned the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
What is it like to grow up with a terrorist in your home? Zak Ebrahim was only seven years old when, on November 5th, 1990, 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. In one of his infamous video messages, Osama bin Laden urged the world to “Remember El-Sayyid Nosair.”
For Zak Ebrahim, a childhood amongst terrorism was all he knew. After his father’s incarceration, his family moved often, and as the perpetual new kid in class, he faced constant teasing and exclusion. Yet, though his radicalized father and uncles modeled fanatical beliefs, to Ebrahim something never felt right. To the shy, awkward boy, something about the hateful feelings just felt unnatural.
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. Though Ebrahim was subjected to a violent, intolerant ideology throughout his childhood, he did not become radicalized. Ebrahim argues that people conditioned to be terrorists are actually well positioned to combat terrorism, because of their ability to bring seemingly incompatible ideologies together in conversation and advocate in the fight for peace. Ebrahim argues that everyone, regardless of their upbringing or circumstances, can learn to tap into their inherent empathy and embrace tolerance over hatred. His original, urgent message is fresh, groundbreaking, and essential to the current discussion about terrorism.
父亲是恐怖分子但我选择和平 比利时布鲁塞尔3月22日早上发生爆炸案,造成多人伤亡,极端组织“伊斯兰国”宣布对此负责。这不由让人联想起,发生在不同国家的暴力恐怖袭击。极端组织没有底线的滥杀无辜使所有人都有可能成为暴恐袭击的牺牲品,这其中的“牺牲品”、...
评分我认为低智、偏执、思想贫乏是最大的邪恶。——王小波 王小波的这句话说的很对,但从“最”的角度看,他也是个偏执的人,这也可以反推进他的话里,他也是邪恶的,只不过是众生都有的那种小坏而已。当然邪恶也是人性的一部分,我是这样认为的,是的,我也偏执,我也邪恶。 但...
评分没想到会以这本书作为2016的开篇书。 在书架上看到,首先被名字吸引,再来是它的副标题——「一个关于选择的故事」。 似乎是,在带走这本书的当下,我也面临着什么选择。毕竟,我给自己的人生设想了无数种可能性,每种可能性的背后,都站着「选择」。人生很短暂,也许选择了左...
评分 评分没想到会以这本书作为2016的开篇书。 在书架上看到,首先被名字吸引,再来是它的副标题——「一个关于选择的故事」。 似乎是,在带走这本书的当下,我也面临着什么选择。毕竟,我给自己的人生设想了无数种可能性,每种可能性的背后,都站着「选择」。人生很短暂,也许选择了左...
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评分本质TED演讲稿,看起来搜搜快。鸡汤+八卦,没什么深度。目标受众还是对主题没啥了解的群众。入门级非常路人友好【但讲真,对已经有偏见的人,我严重怀疑他这样写/演讲,没卵用。Narnia里Eustace总要扒层皮才能变回人,而这文章barely scratch the surface.【他字里行间赖美国政府和情报机构忙着搞办公室政治,扯皮官僚,信息封闭落后。导致911灾难。比如第一次炸双子塔就有苗头,没人重视;他爹家里被缴好几箱文件,没几人懂阿语就闲置了;搞到911后才发现此前忽略无数至关重要的情报etc。乍看起来是在推卸责任,其实这点是全书最美国魂的地方了。。
评分恐怖分子的家庭生活竟然也这么寻常,修水管带孩子荡秋千,仿佛安炸弹只是普通的业余爱好。可见仇恨藏的多深。这也正是可怕之处吧
评分「As for me, I am no longer a Muslim and I no longer believe in God...」—— "The Terrorist 's Son" by Zak Ebrahim with Jeff Giles. 「A brief biography of a (Muslim) terrorist's son. His father El-Sayyid Nosair, shot and killed the leader of the Jewish Defence League in 1990 and helped plan the bombing of the World Trade Centre in 1993.
评分恐怖分子的家庭生活竟然也这么寻常,修水管带孩子荡秋千,仿佛安炸弹只是普通的业余爱好。可见仇恨藏的多深。这也正是可怕之处吧
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