The Young Terrorist

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The book is a gripping memoir: Nabil Khouri's journey from Arab militant to proud American.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As a young boy growing up in Jordan in the 1960s there were only two things he believed in--the power of his automatic rifle and the certainty that Western culture was evil. THE YOUNG TERRORIST recounts his transformation from a proud member of a Palestinian militia group to an even prouder American citizen. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Nabil spent much of his youth in Jordan. He experienced the 1967 Arab-Israeli war as well as civil wars in Jordan (a conflict known as Black September) and Lebanon in the 1970s. At the age of eleven he joined the Arabic Liberation Front (ALF) not out of any great allegiance to the Palestinian cause but for a child's reason: It would convince the Jordanian Muslim boys to stop bullying him for being a Lebanese Christian. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This memoir describes what followed: his experiences confronting death and violence as a preteen terror group member the first tastes of Western culture as a teen in Spain an unexpected return to the Middle East during Lebanon's civil war and his escape to America. Becoming immersed in the group's radical militia ideology warped Nabil's sense of identity and tore at the fabric of his family. However he ultimately appreciated the opportunities and freedoms of life and education in the United States unlocking his own American dream.</span></p><p> </p><p><strong>Nabil Khouri</strong> built a successful career in engineering after emigrating to the United States at the age of 19. After marrying his American-born wife Mary they settled in the Southern United States. Nabil Khouri does a variety of volunteer work within his community that includes advancing interest in and knowledge of Middle Eastern culture. He loves traveling internationally with his wife. </p>