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The Resource Now they call me infidel : why I rejected the jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror, Nonie Darwish

Now they call me infidel : why I rejected the jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror, Nonie Darwish

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  • "When Nonie Darwish was a girl of eight, her father died while leading covert attacks on Israel. A high-ranking Egyptian military officer stationed with his family in Gaza, he was considered a "shahid, " a martyr for jihad. His posthumous status earned Nonie and her family an elevated position in Muslim society." "Educated by Catholic nuns in Cairo, Darwish developed a skeptical eye at an early age. She questioned her own Muslim culture and upbringing. Why the love of violence and hatred of Jews and Christians? Why the tolerance of glaring social injustices? Why blame America and Israel for every problem? Darwish was devastated to discover that even her own family - well educated and upper middle class - believed America had it coming on September 11."
  • "Today Darwish thrives as an American citizen, a Christian, a conservative Republican, and an advocate for Israel. To many, she is now an infidel. But she is risking her comfort and her safety to reveal the many politically incorrect truths about Muslim culture that she knows firsthand."--Back cover
Language
eng
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Extent
258 p.
Note
Originally published: 2006
Contents
  • Growing up in Cairo
  • Marriage and family dynamics
  • Jihad comes to Ameeica
  • Arabs for Israel
  • The challenge for America
Isbn
9781595230447
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Now they call me infidel : why I rejected the jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror
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Now they call me infidel
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why I rejected the jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror
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Nonie Darwish
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Language
eng
Summary
  • "When Nonie Darwish was a girl of eight, her father died while leading covert attacks on Israel. A high-ranking Egyptian military officer stationed with his family in Gaza, he was considered a "shahid, " a martyr for jihad. His posthumous status earned Nonie and her family an elevated position in Muslim society." "Educated by Catholic nuns in Cairo, Darwish developed a skeptical eye at an early age. She questioned her own Muslim culture and upbringing. Why the love of violence and hatred of Jews and Christians? Why the tolerance of glaring social injustices? Why blame America and Israel for every problem? Darwish was devastated to discover that even her own family - well educated and upper middle class - believed America had it coming on September 11."
  • "Today Darwish thrives as an American citizen, a Christian, a conservative Republican, and an advocate for Israel. To many, she is now an infidel. But she is risking her comfort and her safety to reveal the many politically incorrect truths about Muslim culture that she knows firsthand."--Back cover
Summary
A Cairo-raised daughter of an Egyptian military officer describes how she was raised to hate Americans and Jewish people and submit to dictatorship, her decision to relocate to America, and her efforts to promote peace and tolerance at the risk of her own safety
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autobiography
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172309
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Darwish, Nonie
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B
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no index present
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non fiction
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  • Darwish, Nonie
  • Egyptian American women
  • War on Terrorism, 2001-
  • Islamic fundamentalism
  • Jihad
  • United States
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adult
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why I rejected the jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror
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Now they call me infidel : why I rejected the jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror, Nonie Darwish
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Publication
Note
Originally published: 2006
Contents
Growing up in Cairo -- Marriage and family dynamics -- Jihad comes to Ameeica -- Arabs for Israel -- The challenge for America
Control code
000043246974
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
258 p.
Isbn
9781595230447
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(pbk.)
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Now they call me infidel : why I rejected the jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror, Nonie Darwish
Publication
Note
Originally published: 2006
Contents
Growing up in Cairo -- Marriage and family dynamics -- Jihad comes to Ameeica -- Arabs for Israel -- The challenge for America
Control code
000043246974
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
258 p.
Isbn
9781595230447
Isbn Type
(pbk.)

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