How a Terrorist’s Son Became an Advocate for Peace

Zak Ebrahim was only seven years old when his father, El-Sayyid Nosair, shot and killed the leader of the Jewish Defense League in 1990. While in prison, Nosair helped plan the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. A childhood amongst terrorism was all he knew, yet the fanatical beliefs of his father and uncles never felt right to Ebrahim. He tells us why he rejected the violent, intolerant ideology he was surrounded by and became an advocate for peace. In his book The Terrorist’s Son: A Story of Choice, Ebrahim dispels the myth that terrorism is a foregone conclusion for people trained to hate.