Another book finished! Yesterday, I finished a book called "The Terrorist's Son", an autobiography by Z Ebrahim. This story is about a boy whose Egyptian father, El-Sayyid Nossair was convicted of killing Jewish rabbi Meir Kahane in the 1980s in the very beginning. Afterwards, the story goes on to what happened before the shooting for several chapters, introducing Z's mother, a Catholic in the process. It occurs to me that Z has a father who believes in Islam, and a mother who was Catholic until she married. Anyways, back to the present. Nossair murdered Kahane, then was shot in the neck in the process by a postal officer, but survived. Afterwards, he was put under some sort of house arrest because it wasn't confirmed whether he was behind the death of the rabbi.
However, Nossair planned the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, therefore sentencing him to life in prison. Due to this, Z's mother broke up and still went through abuse for many years, notably from their stepfather Ahmed, who did unthinkable acts of cruelty. Life then got much better years later, starting with Ahmed's abuse becoming ineffective, then Z and his brother got jobs, meeting new people and all, then finally, Ahmed was no longer their stepfather. After reading this book, I can remember two things: You always have a choice, and 6 very inspiring words; "I am so sick of hating people", regardless of race, religion, gender, treat everyone equally. Along with that, the part where Z's family went through a lot of abuse, I was reminded strongly of "The Red Scarf Girl", where Ji-Li also was teased for her grandfather being a landlord.
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