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Zacarias, my brother : the making of a terrorist / Abd Samad Moussaoui ; with Florence Bouquillat ; translated by Simon Pleasance & Fronza Woods.
Van Pelt Library HV6433.F7 M6813 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moussaoui, Abd Samad, 1967-
- Standardized Title:
- Zacarias Moussaoui, mon frère. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Moussaoui, Zacarias, 1968-.
- Moussaoui, Zacarias.
- Terrorists--France--Biography.
- Terrorists.
- Terrorism--United States.
- Terrorism.
- United States.
- Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.
- France.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 143 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- Seven Stories Press first edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Seven Stories Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Moussaoui, who trained to be a pilot in Oklahoma, admits to being a member of A1-Qaeda but denies involvement in the events of September 11. He has opted to defend himself. In Zacarias, My Brother, Members of the Wahabi sect have perfected a rhetoric that appeals to the wounded pride of these young Arab men, Moussaoui writes--for example, offering funds to help them complete their eduction. Massouaoui deplores the route taken by his brother. He is not in any way an apologist for terrorism. Even so, he show convincingly that normal young men can end up terrorists, and suggests how and why this happens.
- Contents:
- A family
- Teenage years: fun times and frustrations
- Looking for an identity
- Uprooted and cast out
- Zac's dream: a place in the sun
- Down and out and alone in London
- The brainwashing of Zacarias
- Zacarias is not a one-off case
- The media storm
- By way of conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1583225854
- OCLC:
- 52127857
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