ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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ZAK EBRAHIM was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 24, 1983, the son of an Egyptian industrial engineer and an American schoolteacher. When Ebrahim was seven, his father shot and killed the founder of the Jewish Defense League, Rabbi Meir Kahane. From behind bars Ebrahim’s 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. In 2013, he participated in TED’s talent search in New York City, and was selected to speak at the main TED Conference the following year. His TED Talk was the inspiration for this book.
A portion of the earnings the author received to write this book have been donated to Tuesday’s Children, a nonprofit organization helping communities affected by terrorism around the world.
Learn more about Tuesday’s Children: www.tuesdayschildren.org
JEFF GILES is a journalist and novelist based in New York. He has written for The New York Times Book Review, Rolling Stone, and Newsweek, and served as a top editor at Entertainment Weekly. His first novel for young adults will be published by Bloomsbury in 2016.