Zak Ebrahim: I am the son of a terrorist. Here's how I chose peace.
Zak Ebrahim: Aš esu teroristo sūnus. Štai kaip pasirinkau taiką.
Groomed for terror, Zak Ebrahim chose a different life. The author of The Terrorist's Son, he hopes his story will inspire others to reject a path of violence. Full bio
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žmogžudystės,
Egiptietis inžinierius ir ji -
and grade school teacher,
pradinės mokyklos mokytoja,
ėmė keistis.
net įskaitant ir musulmonus,
pačių dalykų
populiacijoje
atsidavę savo įsitikinimams,
kitą rytą.
buvo stebima FTB.
ant peties
buvo virš taikinio
big laugh out of that comment,
labai juokingas,
they thought was so funny.
kas jiems buvo taip juokinga.
naikinti,
1,500 pounds of explosives
sprogmenų ir palikimą
World Trade Center's North Tower,
Pasaulinės prekybos centro
kuris sukėle sprogimą, pražudžiusį
ammu, which means uncle.
reiškia dėdę.
jau buvau persikraustęs
ir tas nestabilumas
galimybės įsigyti daug draugų.
comfortable around someone,
patogiai šalia žmonių,
kitą miestą.
quiet, chubby new kid in class
apkūnoku naujoku
ir žiūrėdamas televiziją
Filadelfijoje.
smurtą tarp jaunimo
of bullying for most of my life,
gyvenimo,
I felt particularly passionate.
from many different walks of life.
iš visokiausių gyvenimo kelių.
kuriais susidraugavau
mūsų nebuvo natūralaus priešiškumo.
buvo
from all sorts of faiths and cultures,
žmonėms
nuodėmė ir kad
geriausi,
pažinojau.
I would want to be treated.
myself about my own bigotry
from an unexpected place,
netikėtose vietose
savyje.
priverstas naudoti smurtą,
kaip įrodymas,
ar rasės
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Zak Ebrahim - Peace activistGroomed for terror, Zak Ebrahim chose a different life. The author of The Terrorist's Son, he hopes his story will inspire others to reject a path of violence.
Why you should listen
When Zak Ebrahim was seven, his family went on the run. His father, El Sayyid Nosair, had hoped Zak would follow in his footsteps -- and become a jihadist. Instead, Zak was at the beginning of a long journey to comprehend his past.
Zak Ebrahim kept his family history a secret as they moved through a long succession of towns. In 2010, he realized his experience as a terrorist’s son not only gave him a unique perspective, but also a unique chance to show that if he could escape a violent heritage, anyone could. As he told Truthdig.com, “We must embrace tolerance and nonviolence. Who knows this better than the son of a terrorist?”
In 2014 Ebrahim published the TED Book The Terrorist's Son, a memoir written with Jeff Giles about the path he took to turn away from hate. In early 2015 the book won an American Library Association Alex award.
Zak Ebrahim | Speaker | TED.com