27. Zak Ebrahim is the son of a terrorist

All The Wiser

Kimi Culp

Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.9 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Zak Ebrahim's first memories were of a dad who was playful and made the family laugh. But at the age of 7, Zak's father committed an act of hate so radical that he was publicly thanked by Osama Bin Laden. On November 5th, 1990 El Sayyid Nosair shot and killed Rabbi Meir Kahane, the leader of the Jewish Defense League. He was also convicted and sent to prison for his involvement in the 1993 terrorist bombing of the World Trade Center that killed six people. After moving 20 times in 20 years, Zak changed his name and started a new life, taking painful lessons from the radicalization that surrounded his youth, and forging his own peaceful path of empathy and unity for all human-kind.

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1:01.6	podcast. For every inspiring interview you hear, we donate $2,000 to charities around the world.
1:09.2	I believe in the power of storytelling to inspire us all to think
1:13.0	differently about the world around us. So I've combed the country for some of the most jaw-dropping
1:19.8	stories you have ever heard, people who have been to the brink and back, stories of survival
1:25.6	against all odds, and whose lives have been changed in unthinkable ways.
1:30.3	Today's interview is with Zach Ibrahim.
1:35.3	Zach is the son of a terrorist. His early memories were of a happy childhood and a warm and funny father.
1:43.3	This all changed when his dad lost his job and fell into a deep
1:47.6	depression. He began spending all of his time at a mosque in New York where the daily message was that
1:54.6	the American government was a threat to Muslims both here and abroad. Young Zach was suddenly told to fear almost everyone he
2:04.5	encountered, and his lighthearted father was now fueled by hatred. At the age of seven,
2:11.0	Zach's life changed forever. His mother was watching TV when it switched to breaking news,
2:16.8	and she saw her husband covered in blood.
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