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The terrorist's son : a story of choice / by Zak Ebrahim with Jeff Giles.
Record details
- ISBN: 1476784809 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781476784809 : HRD
- ISBN: 1476784809
- ISBN: 9781476784809
- Physical Description: 96 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 19 cm
- Edition: First TED Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : TED Books, Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2014.
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A TED Original"--Dust jacket. "Zak Ebrahim, author of The Terrorist's Son," spoke at the TED Conference in 2014. His 9-minute talk, available for free at TED.com, was the inspiration for The Terrorist's Son."--page [98]. |
| Summary, etc.: | "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-Sayed 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-Sayed Nosair." In The Terrorist's Son, 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 and so is tolerance. Though Ebrahim was subjected to a violent, intolerant ideology throughout his childhood, he did not become radicalized. Terrorist groups tap into certain vulnerabilities that are usually circumstantial poverty, oppression, disenfranchisement, lack of resources and options. Ebrahim shows how those same vulnerabilities can create great strengths, leading people to form great reserves of empathy and tolerance. He believes that, because we all have a deep capacity for empathy, humans have the choice-and can find the will-to reject negative ideology."--Provided by publisher. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Ebrahim, Zak, 1983- > Family. Ebrahim, Zak, 1983- > Political and social views. Nosair, El-Sayed > Political and social views. Terrorism > Psychological aspects. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Beacon Falls Public Library | B EBR (Text) | 33120131270032 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | ANF 303.625 EBR (Text) | 33260000190794 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Brookfield Library | 303.625/EBRAHIM (Text) | 34029133690106 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | 303.625 EBRAHIM (Text) | 34000080996176 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | 303.625 EBR (Text) | 34014141723073 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | YA B EBRAHIM (Text) | 34014138136925 | Young Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck | 303.625 EBR (Text) | 34027129546423 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Milford Public Library | 920 EBRAHIM ZAK (Text) | 34013077419409 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Scoville Memorial Library - Salisbury | BIO EBRAHIM/Ebrahim (Text) | 37538131665636 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Southbury Public Library | B EBRAHIM EBRAHIM (Text) | 34019131884355 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
