Nonie Darwish’s father headed the Egyptian military in Gaza and the Sinai when Gaza was under Egyptian control in the fifties. He was appointed by President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt to head the Fedayeen operations against Israel.  In 1956 he was killed in the Jihad against Israel and became a national hero, a “Shahid.”  In 1978, she emigrated to America.  After 9/11 she realized that her culture of origin is in a head on collision with the rest of the world, and started speaking out against terrorism and the underlying culture that produced it.  She believes that her support to Israel does not take away from her love of her culture of origin.  Her articles have been published by frontpagemag.com, the Jerusalem Post, Pakistan Today and other media outlets.  She speaks extensively, and is currently writing her first book: “Lifting the veil; by the daughter of a Shahid.”  She is married and the mother of three.

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