Zak Ebrahim (born Abdulaziz El Sayyid Nosair (); March 24, 1983 in

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) is an American peace campaigner and author. He is the son of convicted terrorist El Sayyid Nosair, who assassinated Meir Kahane, the founder of the

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and a militant Orthodox

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. Nosair was later convicted of involvement in the New York City landmark bomb plot. After several years of hiding his true identity, Abdulaziz changed his name to Zak Ebrahim and began to speak publicly and critically about his father's crimes and in favor of peace. He released his first book, ''The Terrorist's Son: A Story of Choice'' through

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in September 2014. It won an

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award in 2015.

Other family

Ebrahim's mother, a native of Pittsburgh born Karen Mills, changed her name to Khadijah, when she left Roman Catholicism for Islam, in 1982. He has a brother, as well as a half-sister from his mother's previous marriage.

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