Zak Ebrahim

{{short description|American peace campaigner and author (born 1983)}} {{infobox person | native_name = {{nobold|زاك إبراهيم}} | native_name_lang = ar |image = Zak Ebrahim speaks with WEF staff about his experiences as the son of a terrorist. (24454664306).jpg |birth_name = Abdulaziz El Sayyid Nosair |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|3|24}} |birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |occupation = Peace campaigner, author |father = El Sayyid Nosair }} '''Zak Ebrahim''' (born '''Abdulaziz El Sayyid Nosair''' ({{langx|ar|عبد العزيز السيد نصير}}); March 24, 1983 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania<ref name="TEDBooks">{{cite web |url=https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-books |title=About TED Books |publisher=TED |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref>) is an American peace campaigner and author. He is the son of convicted terrorist El Sayyid Nosair, who assassinated Meir Kahane, the founder of the Jewish Defense League and a militant Orthodox rabbi.<ref name="NPR">{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/09/18/349571638/the-long-scary-journey-from-a-terrorists-son-to-a-peace-activist |title=Interview: Zak Ebrahim, Author Of 'The Terrorist's Son' |work=NPR |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> Nosair was later convicted of involvement in the New York City landmark bomb plot.<ref name="NPR" />

After several years of hiding his true identity, Abdulaziz changed his name to Zak Ebrahim and began to speak publicly and critically about his father's crimes and in favor of peace.<ref name="PiS">{{cite web |url=http://www.peaceissexy.net/zak-ebrahim-choosing-the-path-of-peace/ |title=Zak Ebrahim – Choosing the Path of Peace |publisher=Peace Is Sexy |first=Marianne |last=Perez de Fransius |access-date=July 26, 2015}}</ref> He released his first book, ''The Terrorist's Son: A Story of Choice'' through Simon & Schuster in September 2014.<ref name="huffingtonpost140921">{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/21/zak-ebrahim-ted-talk_n_5857604.html |title=Here's How A Terrorist's Son Became A Peace Activist |first=Sam |last=Levine |date=September 21, 2014 |work=Huffington Post |access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref> It won an American Library Association award in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.ted.com/the-terrorists-son-wins-american-library-association-award/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307211621/http://blog.ted.com/the-terrorists-son-wins-american-library-association-award/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 7, 2015 |title="The Terrorist's Son" wins American Library Association award |last=Torgovnick May |first=Kate |date=February 2, 2015 |publisher=TED |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref>

==Other family==

Ebrahim's mother, a native of Pittsburgh born Karen Mills, changed her name to Khadijah, when she left Roman Catholicism for Islam, in 1982. He has a brother, as well as a half-sister from his mother's previous marriage.

== Works ==

* {{Cite book |last1=Ebrahim |first1=Zak |last2=Giles |first2=Jeff |title=The Terrorist's Son |date=9 September 2014 |url=http://www.ted.com/read/ted-books/ted-books-library/the-terrorist-s-son |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227005911/http://www.ted.com/read/ted-books/ted-books-library/the-terrorist-s-son |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 27, 2014 |publisher=Simon & Schuster/ TED|isbn=978-1476784809 }}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{Official website}} * {{TED speaker}} * [https://www.npr.org/2014/09/18/349571638/the-long-scary-journey-from-a-terrorists-son-to-a-peace-activist Radio interview] on NPR, September 18, 2014

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