When Zak Ebrahim when seven years old, his father assassinated Rabbi Meir Kahane, leader of the Jewish Defense League. Four years later, the men Zak looked up to and called Amu- Arabic for uncle- were convicted of detonating a van filled with 1,500 pounds of explosives in the sub level parking lot of the World Trade Centers North tower. His father was eventually convicted for his involvement in the overall plot, which included attempts to bomb a dozen New York City landmarks including tunnels, synagogues, and United Nations headquarters. Osama Bin Laden helped pay for Nosairs legal defense for his trial and in one of his infamous video messages, Bin Laden urged the world to Remember El-Sayyid Nosair. For Ebrahim, a childhood amid terrorism was all he knew. Following his fathers imprisonment, his family relocated over twenty times, hiding his identity from those who knew of his father while still being haunted by and persecuted for his fathers crimes. Though his radicalized father held fanatical beliefs, the hateful ideas never resonated with the shy, awkward boy. The older he grew, the more Ebrahim fully comprehended the depths of his fathers acts. The more he understood, the more committed he became to advocating for peace. Zak now speaks out against terrorism, passionately sharing his message of peace and nonviolence. Ebrahim's TED talk has been viewed over two million times, and his related book The Terrorist's Son: A Story of Choice chronicles his extraordinary journey as a young boy groomed for terror- a boy presumed to follow in his fathers footsteps- and the man who chose a different path..

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